That’s ok then, no need to feel guilty as I am not one of the litterers. Opened the replacement bottle today and with more care than usual, managed to gradually lever the point of the scissors under the collar, left after the cap was snipped off.
Straight in the recycle with the bits then I cut off the 2 sharp bits on the cap. This will be washed and resused when the bottle is empty so that I don’t have that fiddly job to do every time. But I really could do with something a bit thinner than the points of the scissors, isn’t there a thin tool, like a wire with a sharp surface round it? That would do nicely. Can’t think what it is called though, I know the makers of my Viofo dashcam recommended such a thing to cut the glue which holds its bracket onto the windscreen, if relocation was necessary.
Edit: Diamond cutting wire. €15 delivered Wednesday from the Big A.
My parents had a bottle of Campari in the cupboard. It appeared when I was about 10 years old I think. About 2 or 3 inches got drunk and it stayed there. When mum died three years ago, we found it in the cupboard. No more had been drunk. The top was welded shut from the sugar that had crystallised in a solid lump underneath the cap.
After I have cut away the plastic top on the milk bottle I then have the fight with the tinfoil cover some of which are seemingly attached with superglue. My wife has no chance with them!
From the item you posted, it looks as if that is a UK website. Here in France, the caps and bottles have to be made out of (essentially) the same material so can be recycled more easily.
