Glass bottles found to contain more microplastics than plastic bottles : science

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

...do plastic bottles not have caps? I'm confused.

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

their caps are fully plastic, not painted metal. The non-screwtop metal caps need to be bent to release their grip on the bottle. That scrapes the paint off the metal cap.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 11 points 3 days ago

it's more likely that paint is scratched off by other caps, idk about metal caps but plastic ones are usually handled in bags, thrown into a cap feeder that aligns them and loads them into the capper. I expect metal caps to go through a similar process, and all that movement is bound to scratch it and send particles everywhere.

[–] needanke@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

So this study only applies to glass bottles with plastic painted metal caps? Not unpainted metal caps or full plastic ones?

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That is my impression. To be honest, I don't think I've ever seen a glass bottle with a plastic cap. And I can't really recall seeing what looked like unpainted metal caps except for homebrew stuff (and even then, it might be painted to what we think unpainted should look like).

[–] needanke@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A photo of two glass bottles next to each other. The left has a brass-colored metal cap screwed on, the right a white plastic one.

Had those standing around, although I am not enirely sure the metal one isn't coated.

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ok, I seemed to have forgotten about the existence of non-beverage glass bottles when looking at this post. I was only thinking of like soda, beer, and wine glass bottles.

[–] needanke@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Those are beverages (cider snd water respectively), I am unsure how you got to non-beverages?

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I don't recognize either brandings and they looked like sauce bottles (like varieties of vinegar, seed oils, marinades, etc). 🤷

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Ok, great find, we can simply switch the caps & solve the problem.
(The corps will do that, right??)

But I wander with such tests ... could there be any significant detection issues?

Did they have the proper equipment and processes? A methodological limitation to particle size maybe?
Coz some researches find higher concentrations than 100.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

But the plastic bottle can still create a lot more, surely.

[+] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world -54 points 3 days ago (12 children)

Anyone drinking beer or soft drinks out of glass bottles probably isn't worried about micro-plastics.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ooo, we have a contender for Worst Take!

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[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't understand why people are butthurt. I'm not saying we should add microplastics. I'm saying that it's not likely that alcoholics or daily pop drinkers care about microplastics when they already don't care about the damaging effects of the beverage. Why is that a bad take?

[–] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 11 points 3 days ago

What about kombucha? Ice tea? Water?!?! Would be nice to know that anything you consume regardless of how healthy or not doesn't contain micro plastics or other contaminants.

[–] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You’re forgetting all the kombucha and juices that use glass bottles, and more so those than plastic. Though I think kombucha does that because the kombucha will eat through the plastic.

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

No one sits down with a 6 - 12 pack of Kombucha.

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