Plastic is much more CO2-permeable than glass and aluminum, meaning that the carbon dioxide, or fizz, will leak out of a plastic bottle much faster than a glass bottle or can.

Years ago, Big Beverage companies started forcing consumers to buy drinks in disposable plastic bottles, instead of more eco-friendly reusable glass bottles that had been used for decades. By ...

Every twist of a soda cap might be adding more plastic to your drink. French researchers mimicked casual soda drinking and found microplastic particles spiking after repeated openings. With up to ...

Both processes require a ton of natural resources. First, you have to consider the processes that go into making both materials. As Earth 911 writes, plastic bottles are made of resins derived ...

But before single-use plastic bottles became ubiquitous, refillable soda bottles were the norm. What would it take to return to a system that dramatically shrinks waste? Coca-Cola’s “universal ...

A 2024 study by the French NGO Agir pour l’Environnement found that repeatedly opening and closing plastic soda bottles significantly increased the number of microplastic particles in the beverages.

Why isn’t beer sold in plastic bottles like soda? by: Michael Bartiromo, Nexstar Media Wire. Posted: Feb 27, 2022 / 12:16 AM EST. Updated: Feb 27, 2022 / 12:16 AM EST.

Doing what he does best, Bill Hammack, AKA The Engineer Guy, spends an enlightening 13 minutes explaining not only how two-liter plastic soda bottles are made, but also how their seemingly simple ...

Why isn’t beer sold in plastic bottles like soda? by: Michael Bartiromo, Nexstar Media Wire. Posted: Feb 27, 2022 / 10:18 PM CST. Updated: Feb 27, 2022 / 10:18 PM CST.