Eli5: why does top water bottle companies use plastic to bottle the water?

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They could use aluminum cans that are better for the planet and we already have a great recycling system in place but they choose to use plastic?

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Aluminium is not ‘better’ for the environment, but then neither is plastic. They both have environmental costs. Often the overall costs for plastics are deemed to be lower, though it depends how important each individual cost is rated, and which are actually measured.

Usually such decisions are made based on financial cost though.

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