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Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018) by happymellon on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @03:58AM (#24490506)
It's interesting that, at least in the UK, the beer industry is fine with glass bottles and metal cans.

Why is soda so special that it deserves special treatment?

Re:91% of plastic isn't recycled (2018) by tijl on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @04:28AM (#24490681)
The beer industry would love to use plastic bottles. But beer goes stale in plastic. Plastic is not good at keeping the oxygen out and the alcohol in. There are bottles with multiple layers in different types of plastic that work reasonably well, but they are more expensive than standard PET bottles, much harder to recycle than PET, and still not as good for storing beer as glass is.