Tethered bottle tops

I hate them too. If you don’t get the top in just the right place and try to pour it goes everywhere!

Has anyone else been following the series Buried ( file on 4)
Our whole waste disposal industry has been corrupted, together with many council officials.
One episode told us that 99% of waste disposal companies are connected to organised crime.
They stated that the environment agencies have given up.
One of the team fitted a tracker to plastic bottle to what h where it went: it was burnt in Denmark. This was from Manchester.
It was stated ( I don’t know if it was in the episode linked) but the industry is rife with employing undocumented migrants.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0024sff

I twist them off but sliced my finger open on a particularly sharp piece of plastic.

I’m used to them now and don’t find them a problem. If they help wildlife and the environment then I’m all for them.

It's taken me a while to get my head around them - but 2 revelations have made it easier

1. the tops rotate - so once you have twisted it open you pull the top to point straight up so you don't try and pour when the top is pointing down impeding the liquid

2. You can just press them down to click closed - you don't have to screw them closed as you have to screw to open

When we were in Lanzarote in July there was a huge box in reception for people to put their plastic bottle tops into. There were loads!
We were happy to add our own to the collection.

I am now thoroughly defeated by lids of this type and anything childproof

Depends on country I suppose. Here plastic bottles that have contained washing liquids cannot be recycled and all go into incineration.

Fleurpepper

Refill pouches are fortunately very freely available in most EU countries and Switzerland. Washing up and washing liquids, conditioner, etc, etc.

But the refill pouches are more difficult to recycle than the standard bottles. This is why I have ceased buying them.

MissInterpreted

Fleurpepper

As Ziplock says, it is obvious why it was done- as they cause so much environmental damage and are released into the sea and ill wildlife. What a tiny inconvenience for us- and so much benefit for nature. Honestly!?! Best to avoid plastic bottles anyhow.

How exactly do you avoid plastic bottles altogether? So many products are only sold in plastic bottles now.

I use Persil and the bottles had a flip up lid with a spout; you could control the amount of detergent that came out and direct it carefully into the dispensing drawer.

Now they have changed to ordinary screw-on caps which are possibly more easily recycled but the liquid is difficult to pour, either too much or it suddenly sloshes everywhere.

We are always careful to recycle here.

I do use a refillable water bottle and I try to buy as little plastic as I can, but many things I like only seem to come in plastic bottles, such as fruit juice and oils.

I might add I don’t lose the lids and always put them on before I put in the recyclables

I hate the bluddy things. The top gets in the way, grazes my nose. Fiddling about to bend it far enough away. A nuisance.

I hate them too and twist them off as soon as I open the bottle they seem more clumsy to get back on when they are attached
I ve only noticed them recently

Refill pouches are fortunately very freely available in most EU countries and Switzerland. Washing up and washing liquids, conditioner, etc, etc.

As much as possible. I use a re-usable bottle with tap water, and use refill pouches for most things. But yes, not easy to avoid altogether.

But the reason is simple, and surely worth making a bit of an effort '*Caps are filtered out through sieving drums because they are too small*'

Fleurpepper

As Ziplock says, it is obvious why it was done- as they cause so much environmental damage and are released into the sea and ill wildlife. What a tiny inconvenience for us- and so much benefit for nature. Honestly!?! Best to avoid plastic bottles anyhow.

How exactly do you avoid plastic bottles altogether? So many products are only sold in plastic bottles now.

We may not be in the EU any longer, but if we want to sell bottled products into the EU we have to abide by their regulations. It's much more cost effective that manufacturers having to have two production lines, one for export goods and and one for local consumption.

We also abandoned any attempt to have our own quality assurance mark for much the same reason and have reverted to the CE mark.

It's one more instance of the futility of Brexit really.

I don't find tethered bottle tops a particular problem, but if folks feel the need to cut them off it seems like a reasonable solution. I expect some people in the EU do it, too.

As Ziplock says, it is obvious why it was done- as they cause so much environmental damage and are released into the sea and ill wildlife. What a tiny inconvenience for us- and so much benefit for nature. Honestly!?! Best to avoid plastic bottles anyhow.

They are annoying, but I can see why they’ve done it as I think plenty probably got thrown away separately, causing issues environmentally. I find them quite fiddly.

So annoying. I cut or pull them off.

Twice soaked the contents of my handbag because they caught on something small and the lid came off.

I just pull them off entirely.

I hate them too , Out come the kitchen scissors!

Thank you. I'm pleased to have good company!

If I am at home I just cut through the plastic tether. I know I am not going to be a litterbug.