Food/drink packaging is becoming worse

[Kapitein Gnapmans]

Idk if it is like this everywhere, but over here (Europe) it is now hard to remove the lid from plastic bottles and when you do, there are sharp edges. Premade coffee in plastic cups has a thin plastic membrane now with a hole which you are supposed to drink out of. To me that feels gross and it makes me not buy those anymore. Paper straws suck too of course but I don't buy anything which has those, so not a problem for me personally.

I get what they are trying to do but this is not a good way.

[Fake]

What's stopping you from importing styrofoam cups and plastic straws?

[Sidakte]

we have those plastic caps here too.
they are attached to the package, supposedly gets thrown with it. supposedly reduces plastic.

i only use stainless steel straws which i clean easily on the inside daily with their own brush. and for coffee i use my own stainless steel cup which i fill out from coffee shops every day before work.

[Kapitein Gnapmans]

Originally posted by Fake:

What's stopping you from importing styrofoam cups and plastic straws?

I could, of course, but that would be even worse for the environment and more work for me. I always drink straight out of the bottle, that's the cleanest and easiest way. And that is being made more difficult by these changes.

[🍋 Lemonfed 🍋]

I haven't noticed much differences outside of paper straw and sometime wooden spoon and forks instead of plastic in certain places that sell food you can take away.

[Fake]

Originally posted by Alice:

Originally posted by Fake:

What's stopping you from importing styrofoam cups and plastic straws?

You can't recycle most styrofoam and plastic straws in most places. If you can, it uses up too much resources.

Why would I want to recycle?

[ハイイロギツネ]

Originally posted by Fake:

Originally posted by Alice:

You can't recycle most styrofoam and plastic straws in most places. If you can, it uses up too much resources.

Why would I want to recycle?

It's carbon friendly.

[Fake]

Originally posted by Arvaos:

Originally posted by Fake:

Why would I want to recycle?

It's carbon friendly.

That's why I cook on clean Propane instead of filthy dirty coal.

[aka]

Originally posted by lankaras:

Idk if it is like this everywhere, but over here (Europe) it is now hard to remove the lid from plastic bottles and when you do, there are sharp edges. Premade coffee in plastic cups has a thin plastic membrane now with a hole which you are supposed to drink out of.

Life for people in Europe sounds very difficult.

Here in Tokyo is very easy to open beverage containers, and they are very pleasurable to drink from if they do not explode.

A wise lover once told me, evolution is a slow friend of comfort.

Perhaps it's true.

Life Hack for Europe: pour your beverage into a cup, if the beverage container is making your lips bleed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6g2T3j38gY

[Fake]

Originally posted by aka:

Life Hack for Europe: pour your beverage into a cup, if the beverage container is making your lips bleed.

Or file a lawsuit. That's clearly a dangerous design.

[MEGA MAN]

they play this game since the 80s

[Kapitein Gnapmans]

Originally posted by Fake:

Originally posted by aka:

Life Hack for Europe: pour your beverage into a cup, if the beverage container is making your lips bleed.

Or file a lawsuit. That's clearly a dangerous design.

In the US it might actually work.

[Kapitein Gnapmans]

Originally posted by < blank?!? >:

they play this game since the 80s

It's coming from a mindset that people are like sheep and you can force or manipulate them into changing their behaviour. I don't like that. They should try to make people feel more responsible, not less.