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Re use Coke bottles (Original Post) ashling Jun 2014 OP
Some pretty good ideas tucked away in there. Historic NY Jun 2014 #1
Damn them for not offering that stuff here Warpy Jun 2014 #2
Unfortunately, one of those extra uses has to build acid bombs. TexasTowelie Jun 2014 #3
So I should just let it lay there? RoccoR5955 Jun 2014 #12
Here is a news account from last year. TexasTowelie Jun 2014 #14
My IDEA, I never buy the CokeCrap. drynberg Jun 2014 #4
+100 marble falls Jun 2014 #8
American style greenwashing. xfundy Jun 2014 #5
Surprised they didn't think about this earlier Ruby the Liberal Jun 2014 #6
Interesting idea NV Whino Jun 2014 #7
My thought, too, "more plastic"! How many squeegee bottles do I need? marble falls Jun 2014 #9
This is NOT gonna help the national campaign to keep waistlines trim. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2014 #10
Not the greatest of ideas RoccoR5955 Jun 2014 #11
You reminded me of the beer and soda bottles in Korea. svpadgham Jun 2014 #15
I do stuff like this TlalocW Jun 2014 #13
Popcorn bottle. svpadgham Jun 2014 #16
Well, I meant this.. TlalocW Jun 2014 #17

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
2. Damn them for not offering that stuff here
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 06:52 PM
Jun 2014

Then again, we might have less Polarfleece if people didn't recycle them.

TexasTowelie

(111,279 posts)
3. Unfortunately, one of those extra uses has to build acid bombs.
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 06:56 PM
Jun 2014

Never touch a plastic bottle in your yard that has a liquid in it.

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
12. So I should just let it lay there?
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 10:19 PM
Jun 2014

I don't think so.
What are they using for these acid bombs, and how quickly do they explode?
I have never heard of this, and doubt its feasibility. If they use a strong acid, like HCl, and a metal, like iron, it would have to build up pressure, which would take at least a few minutes inside the bottle to make any sizable force. The force would not be that of a bomb, unless there is an ignition source, to ignite the hydrogen. Fe + HCl -> FeCL2 + H2, if I remember my chemistry correctly. So though there may be enough force to rupture a bottle, and possibly fragment the bottle, the hydrogen would not explode. Therefore, I do not think that if this is what you had in mind, that a "bomb" is the correct expression. "Weak grenade," might be more appropriate. And it would be weak, because the seal on these bottles is not great.

So if you could explain what you mean by "acid bomb," it would be appreciated, so that I can educate myself.



BTW -- Back in the day, we made "Acid Bombs" with LSD and beer. Different kind of acid, different kind of bomb, different kind of effect!

Ruby the Liberal

(26,216 posts)
6. Surprised they didn't think about this earlier
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 07:44 PM
Jun 2014

Make caps with various uses and everyone is walking around with Coke branded mustard dispensers. Its a win win.

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
11. Not the greatest of ideas
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 10:07 PM
Jun 2014

but AFAIC, anything that will keep them out of the waste stream is better than them being in the waste stream.
People are gonna drink Coke any way, why not have a fun way to encourage them to reuse the bottles.

BTW-- I have been using bottles for many of these purposes for a very long time.
Some friends know me as someone who has a knack for re-purposing things that others might think are garbage.
Re-purposing for me is a precursor to the slogan, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle."
In many instances, such as those included here, when we re-purpose something, we reduce the amount of energy needed to make it into something else, we reuse the thing for something that it was not originally thought to be used for, and we are recycling the object.

Though they should make bottles out of glass, and re-use these bottles, this is not a totally bad thing that they are attempting.

svpadgham

(670 posts)
15. You reminded me of the beer and soda bottles in Korea.
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 10:43 PM
Jun 2014

When I was stationed in Korea the sodas and beer were in glass and aluminum. The bottles were constantly reused. I always wondered how many times my bottle had been refilled. Water and non-carbonated soft drinks mostly came in plastic for some reason.

TlalocW

(15,358 posts)
13. I do stuff like this
Thu Jun 5, 2014, 10:28 PM
Jun 2014

Mainly using empty salad dressing and popcorn bottles (both glass and plastic) to hold some no-sodium dry mixes (ranch, taco, etc) that I replace the supermarket envelope kinds with in certain recipes. Also pour chia seeds and other things into them which helps keep them from going everywhere. Different kind of caps would be handy.

TlalocW

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