Peeling the labels off beer cans

The cans I have had with the perf have not had glue as they seem to be a shrink wrap type of plastic that comes right off once you crack the perf.

Enjoy

 

If some genius profiteering human has the bright idea to capitalize by creating more waste aka a beer company. Then this entity needs to create beer cans that are 100% recycleable.. should be required by government. Government should also regulate quality standards. If you're entering the market with subpar products then you have no business being in the market. If your product isn't of equal quality or better than what already exists than you should not be allowed to create more waste. This is silly. I throw all my beer garbage in the middle of the road at 5 am. I wake their asses up and leave souvenirs.

 

Cans are 100% recyclable - it's the users/consumers who fail in this system.

The quality of the aluminum has nothing to do with recycling, or am I missing your point?

Are you talking about the can or the beer? It sub-par cans I suspect they won't last long in business. In the meantime, their cans can still be recycled. Again, am I missing your point?

Really???!!! Cans, bottles, cardboard carriers? Sounds like you need to start using growlers or any other form of reusable containers.

 

If companies should recycle and government should require it, shouldn't you be recycling too?

 

To your the 1st point. Isn't this topic about peeling can labels because they aren't recyclable? Consumers shouldn't have to rip unrecyclable vinyl from cans to make them recyclable. This is what I was trying to get across. Government and regulators should prevent beer companies from using vinyl if it's a hindrance to people's way of life like yourself. If consumers have to take an extra step to make the garbage recyclable... then it doesn't make sense. Also, the beer itself.. Government should have quality standards for all new food/drink items entering the market. Don't allow subpar junk into the space.. but it's probably for another thread/topic/discussion.

 

I think it was established by some authority source somewhere up-thread that labels do not have to be removed because they burn off during the re-melting process. Catching the air pollution from this burning is another issue but the EPA hopefully is properly controlling this.

 

There are standards that have to be met for all products. We already do have definitions of malt beverages, sanitation and labeling rules, and other requirements that brewers must adhere to. If you have a government bureau evaluating beer quality, you won't have many of the one-off beers that are desired today. Brewery produces beer, submits for evaluation, waits two months for grading, and dumps beer, either because the beer didn't meet standards or because beer is stale.

 

Looks at NYC…

Yeah, sure…

 

This capitalism game is all about profits and monetary dominance. Environment is the least of their worries. Entrepreneurs are not Environmentalists. Bottom line.

 

Like old school Easter egg wraps!

 

I’ll continue peeling these off my cans until someone tries to get me to recycle glass bottles

 

The thoughts of an entrepreneurs mind... "how can I win more consumers to spend on my product??.." "let's make our cans environmentally safe..." if companies and profiteers aren't covering theirs bases when it comes to saving the life of our planet. Then they just suck and should not be in business.

 

This thread is thought provoking. I am a big recycler and so is our community. Recently I have noticed a note on the yogurt container I have been buying. "Peel off the label and recycle the cup". What I never knew that!

What is not so cool ....is that most, according to a doc I watched, recycled material is not recycled. BOOM!

 

Basically you’re removing the label so they don’t get bad press when their container washes up on a beach somewhere.

 

PapaGoose correctly mentions the EPA as having some control over industrial emissions. The quote was taken out of context by some commenters in applying it to the haze on the east coast. First the NYC haze is from forest fires Canadian in origin. Neither does EPA or its Canadian equivalent control forest management. In this country the EPA has even been restricted by the courts from regulating CO2 emissions.

 

The EPA, aka, Environmental Protection Agency, has been powerless to stop global warming which has been attributed as a root cause of the massive forest fires in Canada creating the haze over NYC and most of the county this summer(the photo).

 

Unfortunately that is the case.

I still place all items that are considered recyclable in my recycling bin but the only materials that are likely actually recycled, because there is a market for them, are aluminum and cardboard. I suspect that only a tiny portion of plastics are actually recycled.

Cheers!

 

It would probably be a good idea to recycle materials your recycler accepts (typically including 1 and 2 plastic). The municipality (or responsible company) has to pay for disposal, whether in the recycling stream or as trash.

 

As I already discussed I absolutely do this even though in all likelihood those plastics are not actually recycled.

I pay for a private trash hauler to pick up my waste. There are two separate trash cans and they need to have two separate trash trucks to pick them up. A lot of diesel for two pickups where the majority of both wastes go to the same place (e.g., trash dump). This is how people and municipalities present the appearance of 'saving the planet' while using more diesel (e.g., carbon emissions) that is actually detrimental to the environment. Plus I get to pay more for two pickups.

Cheers!