The other day I noticed at the Wal-Mart I work at they took out the Pepsi can machine. Coke had already taken their can machines and replaced them with bottle machines. We still have the ones in the back. Also the sam’s choice can machines in the front. I don’t know for sure if Pepsi is taking it out permanetly or not. Coke took their can machines out a several months ago. I find it ironic, especially with Wal-Mart on their green kick and the idiots with complaining about plastic water bottles. OY VEY!!!
Why they do that? Aluminum can recycling is far more efficient than glass recycling.
I don’t know if replacing can machines with bottle machines is an environmental question or a consumer preference question. Bottles are resealable; cans aren’t. While a can just sits there and goes flat, tou can put the cap back on the bottle.
When I’m on long road trips, I usually have two opened soda bottles at a time; one is in the cup-holder. When it gets warm, I put it back in the cooler and pull out the cold one. When that one goes warm, I swap again. Can’t do that with cans.
Part of the “problem” is that aluminum recycling has become almost too efficient — used to be, you could pick up a fair piece of change for your old cans. But now most Al is recycled, and it goes for pennies a pound. Most of the money you get for bulk aluminum these days is subsidized, because it’s cheaper for local governments to offer the subsidy than to make space in landfills.
Glass bottles are a good idea — you can recycle those easily