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Why Squeeze Water Bottles? (midwest.social)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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To those who squeeze single use water bottles (think Aquafina, Dasani, Sam’s Choice, etc.) - WHY? Is gravity not fast enough for you? Do you enjoy the crinkly noise? Why squeeze when it’s literally falling out of the bottle?

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[–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I try to use metal/glass bottles as much as I can but when I drink from a plastic one I will squeeze it when it's empty (and put the cap back on) so it will waste less space in the recycling bin so we can (me and other people) can put more stuff in the recycling bin.

Exactly like I will flatten packages I want to throw away.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    it will waste less space in the recycling bin

    In here pretty much every bottle and can for beverages has a deposit included in them. 0,10€ for small (<1l I think) plastic bottles, 0,15€ for cans. They're included in the shelf price and when you bring them back to the recycling you'll get your deposit back. Then the recycling machine crushes all to pallets and they're hauled to a factory which then makes new stuff out of the plastic and aluminium.

    No need to throw them away. In here the return rate is >90% and even if you don't care about the few coins it's common to leave the empty bottles on top of or next to a recycling bin where others can pick them up and return.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Here in France I don't think we have a deposit for plastic containers as that's what I'm talking about: I don't throw away glass bottles or metal ones (and BTW by metal I meant those reusable water bottles thermos-like, not those one use aluminum cans that I refuse to use, I may have made that clearer ;). As much as I can tell, we're asked to throw those plastic (and even the metal cans) in the dedicated 'recycling' booths/bins that are collected and recycled... at least that's the theory.

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