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In this case, Liquid Death makes it a point to have zero plastic: https://liquiddeath.com/pages/death-to-plastic


That page doesn’t actually claim they don’t use plastic in their cans though, just that plastic is bad.


The closest I could find to them officially saying this is in response to an Amazon question, https://www.amazon.com/ask/questions/Tx2DCFGHH4BKDVS/ref=ask...

> Nope. Our cans are BPA-free.

Their FAQ has a related question about how you may get some plastic packaging when you buy from Amazon, but that's not the bottles, that's outside of the boxes themselves: https://liquiddeath.com/pages/faq#:~:text=Unfortunately%2C%2....


BPA free doesn't mean all plastic though. So we'll have to wait for a YouTuber to helpfully try it out in video to show whether or not they do. But also, this doesn't have to be a purity test - even though I think they probably use plastic inside of their cans because they very studiously avoid saying they don't, less plastic is still less plastic. A very thin layer of liner vs enough plastic to be durable as a bottle is an improvement over the status quo.


Most/all plastic for food use is BPA free at this point. Looks like elaborate marketing. I think something like 95%+ of metal food containers are lined with plastic to prevent the metal from reacting/leeching into the food. Making some assumptions here but I suspect because the vast majority/all of the aluminum can supply chain is plastic lined that these are as well.


Yeah to be honest at this point I am leaning your way as well. I did not know this about aluminum cans generally until this thread!

I am not entirely sure that this invalidates the "better than plastic bottled water" claim, but good to know regardless! Suspicious!


I definitely don't think it invalidates that claim! Aluminum cans afaik are still better in that the amount of plastic used is significantly less and you can recycle the outer shell.


I did not see anywhere that the cans do not have a plastic liner...unless I skipped it in the video.


I will admit that I haven't specifically checked on the exact composition of their packaging, but "fuck plastic, we're all aluminum" is a marketing message I have heard from them many times. It's possible that they're making that up, but I would assume they'd get in trouble for lying so blatantly. Maybe that's naive of me.

I don't buy it for environmental reasons, so I've just taken them at their word.


Anyone got a can of liquid death and some drain cleaner who wants to prove this?




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