Thread: Bottle cap seals to be eliminated in one year

BANGKOK, 10 June 2017 (NNT) – Thailand plans to eliminate cap seals on all types of beverage bottles in one year to reduce 520 tons of plastic waste yearly, said Pollution Control Department (PCD) Director-General Jatuporn Buruspat.

The agency is cooperating with bottle manufacturers to encourage them to stop placing cap seals on their plastic water bottles with the aim at freeing Thailand of cap seals in a year.

He said the quality of drinking water will not be compromised without the cap seals as the current regulations of the Food and Drugs Administration only require for the caps to be tightly closed. The elimination of cap seals will help the country reduce the amount of plastic waste by 520 tons in a year.

Thailand produces 7,000 million bottles each year, with 2,600 million having plastic caps with a combined length of 260,000 kilometers, or 6.5 times the globe's circumference. Waste of plastic caps causes negative effects to environment as the lightweight plastic pieces are easy to spread all over on land and seas, making it difficult to collect and recycle and causing blockades in pipes and some might be eaten by marine animals.

The PCD chief added the PCD and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration plan to open more dumping sites for toxic waste to all areas in the city, given proper waste management. The dumping sites will be provided at shopping malls, schools and gas stations.

http://nwnt.prd.go.th/CenterWeb/News....NXWQXH8Q.dpuf

So they will be selling open bottles of water ?

I always buy namthip. Owned by Coca Cola unfortunately but no plastic seal so easier to open and more environmentally friendly.

Maybe making their tap water drinkable might be better. They could partly finance it with a small tax on bottled water. They could also reduce waste by using more glass bottles and a refundable bottle deposit.

The seals are for security and customer confidence.
It's such an insignificantly tiny bit of plastic compared to the bottle itself, that I wonder why they bother eliminating it.
My cynical guess is whoever came up with this idea has a water bottling factory and the sealing machine needs replacing.

Unlike the bottle it wont get recycled.

Unlike the bottle it often ends up on the floor.

I think it's highly indicative of how backward corrupt and superficial the place is that these seals are expected.

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

Maybe making their tap water drinkable might be better. They could partly finance it with a small tax on bottled water. They could also reduce waste by using more glass bottles and a refundable bottle deposit.

All top points.
It can't be that hard to implement.
I believe that when the water leaves the treatment plant that it is potable. The problem is the pipes and that the water, although potable, is still not of a high enough quality.

Most people use local water reverse osmosis filters, which is fine.

Would you trust the info though?

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

Maybe making their tap water drinkable might be better.

Only one problem with dat.

Ya well know that if the Gov ever come out and told ya the water is drinkable only the deluded and mentally unstable would believe them.

Sort of a good way to control population explosion I suppose.

Tell every coonta that the water is drinkable.

Water drinkable??? maybe in Bangkok, but out in the sticks, you cannot be serious??

Heart breaking video of the damage plastic does to wild animals, in this case birds.

Originally Posted by Immigrunt

Unlike the bottle it wont get recycled.

Unlike the bottle it often ends up on the floor.

Ahhh, yes that's true.

This I think is what the article is about. The plastic seal over the bottle cap will be stopped.

Yes the plastic that says "We know you can't trust anyone in this country so here's a bit of plastic to show you can trust us not to kill you"

Coca Cola's image doesn't require it, on coke or namthip, and they have a perfectly good sealing system that isn't garish and wasteful.

The elimination of cap seals will help the country reduce the amount of plastic waste by 520 tons in a year.

Think how much could be saved by eliminating the wraparound labels on water bottles?

These wrap around labels are not recycled. Just left in piles in the suburbs.

The main problem is the existing bottle caps, after initial opening and separation of the tamper proof ring from the main cap, can be closed again offering no visual evidence that the bottle had been opened.

Maanaam is correct in saying the outer seal film is put on because the caps are not tamper evident.

I am developing a new double barrier cap with a different tamper evident seal that clearly splits upon initial opening providing absolute tamper evidence.

The double barrier I hope will eliminate the need for hermetic seals and o'rings to maintain product freshness and air tight seal.

This cap, and if I get it right may be used 100's of times over without destroying the seal. It may also be used for carbonated beverages.

^ I hope it gets a seal of approval.

Namthip bottles are pressurised so there's an audible and sensual warning. It's not rocket science.

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

I hope it gets a seal of approval.

I hope so too mate.

I am also looking at adding other things to this cap to increase shelf life and to eliminate degradation of the packaged product.

The trick is to make the caps valuable purely because of performance so people will not throw them away but continue to use them.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

I am also looking at adding other things to this cap to increase shelf life and to eliminate degradation of the packaged product.

formalin is popular...

Originally Posted by Immigrunt

Namthip bottles are pressurised so there's an audible and sensual warning.

You get turned on by this? My previous post was even more accurate than I thought.