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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] 3 points 6 months ago

Not that it isn't still junk food and horrible for you. HFCS might be a worse form of sugar, but in the end they're still refined sugars. It's worth noting that Mexico and the US have similar obesity rates. There are more factors than just beverages involved, but it is one.