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Mollygo Fri 28-Jun-24 16:10:30

DGS just informed me that canned drink containers are lined with plastic. I suppose everyone else knew, but I didn’t.

fancythat Fri 28-Jun-24 16:15:56

I didnt know.

Many deliveries of any sort seem to have copious amounts of plastic. On the outside anyway.
I suppose so they all arrive undamaged?

In my opinion, the whole plastic thing needed to start with industry.
Go onto any industrial estate in the UK and it is quite an eye opener.

NotSpaghetti Fri 28-Jun-24 16:22:45

Yes. I think it's fairly common knowledge.

I think they have to declare it in California (section??? 65?).. I know my fan has a warning over there!

petra Fri 28-Jun-24 16:30:12

You’re eating plastic every time you use salt. Sea salt is the worst.
What about the clothes we are wearing?
No point in worrying, though. The micro plastics are on every surface we touch and in the air we breathe.

vegansrock Fri 28-Jun-24 16:32:23

If we are talking demographics, then Reform voters are more likely to have poor educational qualifications, work in low paid jobs, live in areas of deprivation. Labour voters tend to be younger, more graduates and city dwellers, Tories tend to be older and live in more affluent areas.

NotSpaghetti Fri 28-Jun-24 16:43:47

It's not just drinks Mollygo - have you ever looked in a tin of tomatoes or beans?
Almost all tins are lined.

NotSpaghetti Fri 28-Jun-24 16:44:19

vegansrock - I think you are on the wrong thread.

Mollygo Fri 28-Jun-24 17:05:46

NotSpaghetti

It's not just drinks Mollygo - have you ever looked in a tin of tomatoes or beans?
Almost all tins are lined.

I knew tomatoes were coated to prevent the acid interacting with the can, but I never gave the composition of the lining a thought.
That’s my new fact for today.

M0nica Fri 28-Jun-24 17:32:22

Also fruit juice and milk containers.