Thoughts at large

[mjs]

Any carbonated beverage tastes better in a glass bottle rather than a plastic one.

Yeah, you're right! Wonder why that is? Doesn't matter how much ice you add to the glass either. It just does not taste the same....

Because the plastic is minutely soluble in the acidic soultion. The Feds have examined it and say its not a health risk. Bottlers actually dislike plastic, but it became so popular they had no choice. The plastic is much more permeable than glass so carbonated beverages go flat quicker and juices go bad sooner.

Glass is also best for the environment. The thing I wonder about is why Michigan has bottle returns and the environmentalists in CA don't or why its just not a Federal law. I always feel so wasteful and uncomfortable when throwing away containers in other states.

http://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/baby-bottles
http://www.canadianliving.com/blogs/...astic-bottles/

[Maxine1958]

Bottlers actually dislike plastic, but it became so popular they had no choice.

Glass is also best for the environment. The thing I wonder about is why Michigan has bottle returns and the environmentalists in CA don't or why its just not a Federal law. I always feel so wasteful and uncomfortable when throwing away containers in other states.

http://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/baby-bottles
http://www.canadianliving.com/blogs/...astic-bottles/

Coming from a background in retail where we took in bottle returns [[before all the fancy machines), there is the fragile aspect of glass bottles. Besides the mess of cleaning up the broken glass, and the bloodshed of cut fingers and hands, there was the loss factor. We, the store owner already paid the customer for the return, which we now cannot collect from the distributer.

I also feel guilty throwing away bottles when I travel.