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it comes from a study of Europe's beaches that says that bottle caps are the dominant litter found there and just there, which was then extrapolated to encompass the entire continental mass, and you're now forced to deal with this humiliation ritual at home because the bottle that you bought might've accidentally been bought by a tourist at some beach who had like a 2% chance of throwing out the cap on the beach itself
and then comes the bad goy question which is conveniently never actually brought up - then why isn't the cap simply biodegradable without having to trigger everyone? And the answer is because it is not about the environment but rather that you're supposed to be triggered and put in a discomfort where you realize that a mad king is allowed to impose his cruel schizophrenia on you. It is psychological in nature. You're being buck broken.
biodegradable threaded caps, +0.02 cents premium per bottle and the issue is resolved fully
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Child-Resistant-Ribbed-Embossed-Continuous-Thread_1601571742875.html