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Could aluminium become the packaging 'champion'?
- bell-cot 1y agoThe idea being to replace plastic bottles - which are both far less recyclable, and far less recycled. No mention of replacing plastic bags, where aluminium is far less suitable. A minor upside - plastic bottles are generally far thicker than bags. The obvious issue is mentioned: > ...most food-grade aluminium needs internal lacquer or polymer coatings, which must also meet recyclability guidelines... (If anyone is unfamiliar, "aluminium" is the British and IUPAC spelling - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aluminium#Usage_notes https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aluminium#Usage_notes )