• dead [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    It's just concentrated tea in an aluminum can with nitrogen. Dumb name but not any different than a can of soda.

      • dead [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I mean in terms of effect on the environment. Aluminum is recyclable. Nitrogen is pretty safe for using and commonly used to pressurize canned drinks.

        This product doesn't use CFCs. I don't see what the problem with it is. I drink arizona canned tea.

        • save_vs_death [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          recyclable by whom? this shit is bad for the environment precisely because nobody is recycling it, a lot of bioplastics are recyclable but nobody does it so they end up being just as bad as normal plastics

          • dead [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            In 2020, the UK (where this product is located) had an aluminum can recycling rate of 82%. Four out of five drink cans that were produced in the UK ended up being recycled after use.

            • save_vs_death [they/them]
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              2 years ago

              ok, you got me, sounds good, my fears are assuaged, and it does make me wonder, how come this damn thing gets recycled but other stuff doesn't

              • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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                2 years ago

                Aluminum's properties make it ideal for recycling. It melts easily, it doesn't lose much to waste when you melt it. You don't even need any fancy chemical processes. You can pretty much just heat it up and immediately cast it in to ingots that are ready for use in industrial processes. Glass can kind of do the same thing, but most other materials need more processing to get a useful outcome.

        • JamesConeZone [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          Right, I was mostly thinking of this product as tea concentrate, meaning you only use a wee bit and add hot water to that concentrate for a cup of tea vs grab and go Arizona or coke or what have you