Cutting Your Plastic Can Rings Seems Helpful — But Is It Doing Anything?

Does cutting the plastic can rings that keep six packs together actually save sea turtles? Or are we wasting our time after cracking open a cold one?

Is cutting the plastic 6-pack can holders still a thing that we should be doing? - Quora

Carlsberg ditches plastic six-pack rings

The Other 98% - There isn't a 90's kid alive who doesn't see a plastic six-pack holder and think “get me some scissors, STAT!”

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Is cutting the plastic 6-pack can holders still a thing that we should be doing? - Quora

ELI5: I've heard you're supposed to cut the plastic rings that come on 6 packs of beer cans. Why? Is our trash going straight into the ocean? How? : r/explainlikeimfive

We Finally Know A Hack For Getting Bottles Out Of Those Annoying Plastic Rings

Outwater Plastics White 1-1/4'' Styrene Plastic U-Channel/C-Channel 36 Inch Lengths (Pack of 4) : Baby

Environmentalism: Does cutting plastic six pack rings make a significant difference? - Quora

Why six pack rings are more dangerous than you think

Why are we taught to cut up 6 Pack Plastic Rings before recycling? Isn't the point of recycling so that it doesn't end up in the ocean to begin with? - Quora

ELI5: I've heard you're supposed to cut the plastic rings that come on 6 packs of beer cans. Why? Is our trash going straight into the ocean? How? : r/explainlikeimfive