Glass or Plastic?

[Applespider]

I always prefer glass but it's not so easy to recycle here so I understand why it's not used so much.

(the orange recycling bags the councils give you specifically state not to put glass in there)

Seriously? My council didn't give us a recycling bin but a series of plastic boxes. The idea is that you divide the box up with little dividers and then put lots of stuff in it. Our block has one for glass bottles, one for plastic, one for cans and one for paper/cardboard. It's the only reason I bother recycling glass since without a car, there's no way I'd hike it to the nearest depot.

Nothing like a glass bottle of Irn Bru.

Oooh.... yeah. Used to love em and taking it back to the shop for your 10p

 

[AliensAreFuzzy]

I like glass, it's classier. But I can't stand drinking soda straight from a can, way too much carbonation. But I guess the point is moot since I've given up soda.

 

[Father Jack]

I much prefer glass.

Coke from a glass bottle is much colder from the fridge than Coke in a plastic bottle.

 

[Sirus The Virus]

. Besides, glass bottles are way too expensive and too big of a hassle to recycle.

You can return them to certain places and they give you 5 cents and they reuse them.

 

[Stampyhead]

What the container is made of does not make the drink any more acceptable. I'll pass, thanks.

Agreed. Plus you all are going to get Alzheimer's from your aluminum cans.

 

[SilvorX]

I prefer Glass over Plastic, I love how the drink tastes in glass, to me.. glass is better than plastic. Beer in plastic is disgusting.

I've been craving a glass bottle of Coke for a few months now, and I just discovered one of the local supermarkets is starting to sell Glass bottle cokes, I was quite pleased so I bought some

Bottle on the left is a bottle from Mexico, and bottle on right is a bottle in Canada, the bottles in Canada are slightly taller

 

[yg17]

I prefer Glass over Plastic, I love how the drink tastes in glass, to me.. glass is better than plastic. Beer in plastic is disgusting.

I've been craving a glass bottle of Coke for a few months now, and I just discovered one of the local supermarkets is starting to sell Glass bottle cokes, I was quite pleased so I bought some

Bottle on the left is a bottle from Mexico, and bottle on right is a bottle in Canada, the bottles in Canada are slightly taller

This thread was just a few hours away from being a year old

 

[SilvorX]

This thread was just a few hours away from being a year old

Wow.. I actually didn't notice.. I guess major resurrection from the grave

 

[ucfgrad93]

Err, personally, its all the same to me.

Agreed. I can't tell the difference.

 

[doubleohseven]

- Glass when I'm at a restaurant
- Can at school
- Bottle when I'm out and about.

 

[Pixellated]

Diet coke out of glass.

 

[toolbox]

+1 for the Glass here

 

[és:]

What the container is made of does not make the drink any more acceptable. I'll pass, thanks.

Agree. The only acceptable way is through an intravenous drip. That way it doesn't damage your teeth.

 

[lostfan916]

Glass.

In Mexico (at least when I went) they had it in glass everywhere. The soda was SOOO good down there. There's a few places I've found it in glass here, like the carneceria, and I pick one up when I go there. It just tastes better.

 

[iMacZealot]

^^^

That's likely because soda is made using pure cane sugar in almost everywhere except the corn-obsessed United States, where it is made from high fructose corn syrup.

If anyone's interested, Costco sells Coke in glass bottles imported from Mexico, and it's so much better than what we're used to. Incidentally, Costco also sells Coca-Cola in glass bottled imported from Mexico.

 

[Abstract]

Stanley Goodspeed: Glass or plastic, glass or plastic?

- The Rock (1996)

Haha, that was pretty funny.

 

[Melrose]

I try to have either beer or water in glass - I can't remember the last time I had canned beer (but it tasted funny I remember)..

Not much for soda. I've got nice teeth and want to keep them that way.

 

[themoonisdown09]

I don't really drink soft drinks, so I'll answer this for beer. I always drink bottled beer, never in a can, so I selected glass.

I do drink lots of bottled water (which is plastic), but that's only because I've never seen it as glass. I buy a 6-pack of bottled water and then refill them for about a month, then I throw them out and start over fresh.

Not much for soda. I've got nice teeth and want to keep them that way.

I guess you're not a coffee drinker either. That's my one weakness at work in the morning.

 

[isethx]

glass, then can, then bottle

 

[Melrose]

I guess you're not a coffee drinker either. That's my one weakness at work in the morning.

No I love coffee. Coffee stains your teeth but doesn't have the phosphoric acid that soda does that eats the enamel.

 

[millerj123]

I don't really drink soft drinks, so I'll answer this for beer. I always drink bottled beer, never in a can, so I selected glass.

I prefer beer from a bottle over a can, but cans don't spread shards of danger when you drop them, so I get cans.

 

[joepunk]

I liked the French Coca Cola Blak bottle shape formed from aluminum.

 

[shona]

Glass

I go for glass. I don't even use my microwave anymore the gladwrap leaches into the food and I don't think it breaks down plastic is ......up the environment.