Friendly Plastic Pop Can Nearly Ready for Market

drfishy writes "BevNET has the story of Toledo, OH based Owens-Illinois and their new pop can. The can is made of a "fancy" new clear plastic with a traditional aluminum top and should be in stores sometime this year. Consumers are supposed to like it because of the "cool" factor, manufacturers will like it because they can use the same equipment to fill and package them, beverage companies like it because consumers and manufacturers will, and advertising agencies love it because they can get rich making all new commercials to convince people it really is cool. Seriously though, I like the idea, enough to submit a story about it anyway..."

Comments

Pop can?

[Evro]

What the hell is pop? I think you mean soda, or maybe coke, but certainly not pop.

Obligatory link: http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~almccon/pop_soda/

Red Dye #3

[orthogonal]

Great! Another reason to add more and more garish artifical colors to my sugar water.

Gimme some more o' dat green "Romulan Ale"!

but!

[DonFinch]

how do you crush it on your forhead? A plasticy plunk is nowhere near as manishly satifying as the savory crash and pang of sweet, metallic destruction...