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minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoNot sure what you mean by dissolving. As far as so know aluminum gets melted down. Any plastic, inks, or other impurities get burned off generally.
minus-squareP1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoLike this https://youtu.be/7r7_SFdSdE4?si=r1Ihz73gdn9qx0Ek
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 day agoYah, that’s not how they are recycled. That gets burned off by the temps required to melt the aluminum.
minus-squareP1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 hours agoI, nor the poster you replied to, never mentioned recycling. Your starting to put things into the discussion that was never there.
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoIt does seem that way. I guess I’m not sure what problem you’re talking about.
minus-squarearglebargle@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-224 hours agoTheir point was that buying a can just means you are buying a plastic container anyways, that happens to be reinforced with aluminum. It’s still a plastic bottle.
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoIt’s not. It’s a thin plastic film. One that doesn’t get into the environment at nearly the rate, since the aluminum is actually worth recycling.
Not sure what you mean by dissolving. As far as so know aluminum gets melted down. Any plastic, inks, or other impurities get burned off generally.
Like this https://youtu.be/7r7_SFdSdE4?si=r1Ihz73gdn9qx0Ek
Yah, that’s not how they are recycled. That gets burned off by the temps required to melt the aluminum.
I, nor the poster you replied to, never mentioned recycling. Your starting to put things into the discussion that was never there.
It does seem that way.
I guess I’m not sure what problem you’re talking about.
Their point was that buying a can just means you are buying a plastic container anyways, that happens to be reinforced with aluminum.
It’s still a plastic bottle.
It’s not. It’s a thin plastic film. One that doesn’t get into the environment at nearly the rate, since the aluminum is actually worth recycling.