A plastic bottle is not just less breakable. It's also way lighter weight than g...

cma · 2025-06-07T02:25:46 1749263146

Also needs to be robust to salt and acid, aluminum cans have a plastic lining.

kyriakos · 2025-06-07T08:59:22 1749286762

Part of the reason that a lot of drinks in aluminium have short shelf life. Acidity eventually makes aluminium leak into the drink.

saagarjha · 2025-06-07T09:31:57 1749288717

On a very long timeline, sure

cma · 2025-06-08T06:11:17 1749363077

Slightly different situation with steel in contact with the contents, but this can happen rapidly: https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/chemistry/electrochemist...

I'm not sure if there is a scenario something similar could happen with a drink.

thaumasiotes · 2025-06-07T07:38:56 1749281936

More importantly, and unlike glass, if you do break plastic, it's not dangerous.