Pringles is testing a new can design ... recycling group dubbed it the 'number one recycling villain

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/11/europe/pringles-tube-redesign-recycling-trnd/index.html

Pringles is testing a new can design after a recycling group dubbed it the 'number one recycling villain'

By Harmeet Kaur, CNN

Updated 5:14 PM ET, Fri September 11, 2020

(CNN) Pringles is testing out a new can -- at least in the United Kingdom.

For years, the iconic tall tube that houses the hyperbolic paraboloid-shaped potato chips has been at the top of a list of worst offenders when it comes to reusability. In 2017, a recycling trade group in the UK deemed the can the "number one recycling villain."

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1. I detest Pringles. Always have.

I remember way back in 1974 a group of friends and I went to Mackinac Island for the day. One of the friends was supposed to bring potato chips and she brought those. I'd never had them before so I tried them. Bummer, lol. First and last time.

Pringles cans being a recycling nightmare just adds insult to injury.

[Backseat Driver]

4. Ditto - NEVER been on my grocery list! /eom

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2. I love Pringles

Good for them

[Backseat Driver]

3. My human container's microbiome is equally better off without any of

whatever highly processed low fiber toxic crap this Frankenfood is made from and preserved and/or colored with and then contained within its difficult to recycle packaging; however, my likely toxic human container would like to be recycled as a carbon-recycled ash diamond. Would that be environmentally climate-change friendly?

Then again, gawd, I'd probably end up not as a beautiful gemstone piece of everlasting jewelry, but on a piece of sandpaper or a diamond-blade for a power saw, LOL!

I guess Pringles are on the approved list for keto diet followers due to fat content. They do have a bit of sugar/carb and are generally fairly low sodium, but...there'd be "crickets" from the snack-munching public of the USA anyhow, especially after the apocalypse. Wouldn't bother me a bit if this brand just disappeared entirely.

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5. But what will DIYers do for all their projects that use Pringles cans?

I've seen them made into https://mashable.com/2012/10/22/diy-pringles-can-speaker/, kaleidoscopes, pin hole cameras, lens extensions, solar eclipse viewers, and lots of other devices.

While there may be other waste materials that can also be used, many would have to be re-worked since they would not have the same dimensions as a Pringles tube. For instance, what other packaging could be used to make a solar hot dog cooker?

Or a bong?

Or a Bat light?