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Tethered bottle tops

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Liz46 Mon 04-Nov-24 13:50:21

I really don't like these bottle tops that are attached. Mine flicked pomegranate juice around today. I think it is a new EU law but surely we are not in the EU.

Mollygo Fri 08-Nov-24 18:08:34

lemsip

our milk bottle lids are not 'attached' but always screwed back on bottle when empty, after rinsing of course.

Sorry, I misunderstood.

Japhid Sun 21-Sept-25 19:30:31

Yet again the ordinary people pay the price for the corporate greed. WE, the people are left to tidy up their mess! It was their greed that switched us from the use of re-useable glass bottles, to these abominable plastic things. I would HAPPILY go back to glass. These tethered tops are an absolute nightmare, for those with restricted sight, causing many problems (and spills)! Before their introduction, the vast majority of people would always put the tops back on before disposal, anyway. All they've done is to create problems for those that had no problems with the old system. Of course it doesn't affect the privileged few in power, as they have minions to open their bottles for them, in the same way that vacuum cleaner power restrictions don't affect them, 'cos they don't do their own cleaning! They employ cleaners who use industrial strength vacuum cleaners, no longer available to the general public! A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF "I'M ALRIGHT JACK!"

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Sun 21-Sept-25 19:56:06

I now buy UK Buxton water. Old style screw caps that disengage fully. Lovely. Local water to me too. 😁

Mt61 Sun 21-Sept-25 21:42:20

Corporation pop for me. I don’t buy pop.
How ever I do open my mums bottled water, I just thought it was a mistake that these tops were attached! Until the next delivery landed.
I just snipped off the top.
Is that is why they are attached, to stop people littering?