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(37,449 posts)Warpy
(110,900 posts)Then again, we might have less Polarfleece if people didn't recycle them.
TexasTowelie
(111,279 posts)Never touch a plastic bottle in your yard that has a liquid in it.
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)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!
TexasTowelie
(111,279 posts)Here is an old article from Slate on how to construct one:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2006/11/whats_an_acid_bomb.html
BTW, I also recall the back in the day type too.
drynberg
(1,648 posts)never.
xfundy
(5,105 posts)Who says we don't import anything? Well, that, and fear & hatred.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,216 posts)Make caps with various uses and everyone is walking around with Coke branded mustard dispensers. Its a win win.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)But do we really need more plastic?
marble falls
(56,353 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)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)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)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.
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svpadgham
(670 posts)You made me look that up, and the answer was more obvious than I was thinking.
TlalocW
(15,358 posts)But yeah, popcorn bottle does sound weird.
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