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Aluminium drawback? Why US still uses so many plastic bottles? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Thoughts? I am currently trying to avoid using plastic packed drinks as much as possible due to it's limited and finite recycle count

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do you remember when Sun Chips changed their chip bag material to a more environmentally friendly compostable material? People lost their minds. Why? Because the bag crinkled a lot.

No... Because it crinkled at a high enough volume that you actually have to worry about hearing loss. People weren't losing their mind for no reason.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703960004575427150103293906

It is louder than "the cockpit of my jet," said J. Scot Heathman, an Air Force pilot, in a video probing the issue that he posted on his blog under the headline "Potato Chip Technology That Destroys Your Hearing." Mr. Heathman tested the loudness using a RadioShack sound meter. He squeezed the bag and recorded a 95 decibel level.

The Bag was louder than the ambient noise in a jet fighter cockpit in flight.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Wow, that's actually super interesting. Now I wish I had a bag to see how loud it sounds in person!