[rekttrader]

My bet is that it is just cheaper to make without the silicone and as an added bonus it’s more recyclable.

It’s just cost savings that can be greenwashed.

[madeofpalk]

Nice! It's cheaper and less bad? Seems like a win/win.

[Dylan16807]

Very tiny wins though, so don't let them squeak out of anything else because they already did "something".

[ZeroGravitas]

My bet is that jurisdictions with Extended Producer Responsibility laws were going to charge them money to clear up their mess and it became a sensible business decision to make this change to save them money.

[gs17]

But is that so bad? Assuming it works about as well, it's likely more resource efficient to make in general, too.

[asadotzler]

But you don't know that. All the previous equipment obsoloeted and tosssed somewhere. All the previous workers retrained or fired. It could be far worse. Trusting plastic makers to tell you the truth about plastic recycling is like trusting WWE to tell you the truth about sport.

[gs17]

And you're assuming they weren't redesigning it anyways.