Are you also so annoyed by the wonderful new lids under the dog?

According to the new regulation from Brussels, from July 1, 2024, the obligation to market single-use plastic packaging only in such a way that the cap or lid made of plastic remains attached to the container for the duration of the product’s use.

The first thing I do after opening the drink is to rip off the cap because otherwise it gets in the way of pouring. This morning I even grabbed it so furiously that I spilled about a dozen bottles of mineral water on the kitchen counter. And of course, after the lid was torn off, there was that plastic cancour, which again bothers me when drinking directly from the bottle.

“As I look around, I see the most brutal lid rippers. There are even those who have found the loops on their favorite drinks so strong that they carry a bow with them to detach them more easily.” blogger Štěpánka Bergerová writes in her article on this topic.

Why make things simple when it can be complicated, right? Also, do those adrenalin caps make you so… serotonin free?

I almost poked my eye out with that cancour once while drinking. Do I really have to carry a knife or scissors with me everywhere? Because if I leave the cap hanging by the bottle, the only way to pour is to hold it sideways with one hand so that the liquid doesn’t flow over it, and hold the bottle in the other hand. Drinking straight from the bottle is almost impossible due to the attached cap. Another annoying and useless thing from some bureaucrat’s head.

Shortly after our entry into the Union, the issue of the shape and curvature of the bananas that will be sold was discussed, but luckily it was resolved in the end. Does a banana with more or less curvature taste different? In the end, the Eurobanana did not pass, but this funny idea certainly cost a lot of money when a series of overpaid Eurobureaucrats dealt with it for weeks and months.

However, the euro card has passed and they are worthless. The Union could finally open its lids wide open and start behaving normally, as it might have behaved sometime 25 years ago.

The whole lid charade came about because some Euro-necktie figured out that tightly attached lids would reduce waste production. He believed that if the cap remained on the packaging, it would not end up in the mixed waste, but would go to the plastic bin with the bottle, from where it would then be recycled.

“The non-removable caps on the bottles will make it easier to keep all the parts of the beverage packaging together even after drinking them. The new solution is to improve collection and recycling and reduce the amount of waste,” says a representative of Coca Cola.

And now a hand on the heart. Do you know someone who doesn’t tear the lids off and struggles with pouring or drinking because of it? You probably don’t know. In other words, this regulation will not reduce the production of plastic waste, but it will complicate everyone’s life. To producers and consumers.

And that’s how it is with almost everything in the union. In my opinion, Eurohuggers produce the most waste and pollutants.

So we’ve introduced non-removable lids, and what’s next? What nonsense can we look forward to next? I don’t know about you, but I would definitely get off this train.