Removing lids to plastic water bottles

Farway

Sterlingtimes said:

I have noticed a range of problems recently in tackling every day tasks. My son laughs at me as I awkawardly tackle stiles on country walks. Somehow, I lack the agility that I once had. Now my other major problem is blister packs.

Not used one, but I think there are pill popper things pop the pill out of the pack.

yep, found one, as example, not recommend, others are available etc

https://www.mobilitysmart.co.uk/pill-popper-and-dispenser

Sterlingtimes

Farway said:

Sterlingtimes said:

I have noticed a range of problems recently in tackling every day tasks. My son laughs at me as I awkawardly tackle stiles on country walks. Somehow, I lack the agility that I once had. Now my other major problem is blister packs.

Not used one, but I think there are pill popper things pop the pill out of the pack.

yep, found one, as example, not recommend, others are available etc

https://www.mobilitysmart.co.uk/pill-popper-and-dispenser

Thank you. I have that one, but I find it doesn't work for me.

Albermarle

Sterlingtimes said:

It may be that the drivers of corporations to find ecological solutions are so strong that considerations of advancing age and ailments are not taken into account. 

The tools proposed by previous posters have been incredibly successful and are liked by my son as well.

As a more general point- before environmental issues came to the fore, most items/goods would be designed in an optimal and lowest possible cost way.
 Going green sometimes means having to put up with unwanted changes/higher costs.
Which is why there is often a lot of kickback when greener policies are introduced. 

Organgrinder

Albermarle said:

Sterlingtimes said:

It may be that the drivers of corporations to find ecological solutions are so strong that considerations of advancing age and ailments are not taken into account. 

The tools proposed by previous posters have been incredibly successful and are liked by my son as well.

As a more general point- before environmental issues came to the fore, most items/goods would be designed in an optimal and lowest possible cost way.
 Going green sometimes means having to put up with unwanted changes/higher costs.
Which is why there is often a lot of kickback when greener policies are introduced. 

Many things used to be "greener".

Milk and pop came in re-usable glass bottles.

Meat and veg came wrapped in paper.

Doubtless the cost of reusing things was higher when plastics became the norm. But I'd be interested to see which is now cheaper overall. 

Albermarle

Organgrinder said:

Albermarle said:

Sterlingtimes said:

It may be that the drivers of corporations to find ecological solutions are so strong that considerations of advancing age and ailments are not taken into account. 

The tools proposed by previous posters have been incredibly successful and are liked by my son as well.

As a more general point- before environmental issues came to the fore, most items/goods would be designed in an optimal and lowest possible cost way.
 Going green sometimes means having to put up with unwanted changes/higher costs.
Which is why there is often a lot of kickback when greener policies are introduced. 

Many things used to be "greener".

Milk and pop came in re-usable glass bottles.

Meat and veg came wrapped in paper.

Doubtless the cost of reusing things was higher when plastics became the norm. But I'd be interested to see which is now cheaper overall. 

It is often very complex to work out what is the greener/lower carbon footprint/lower cost product or process.

For example Meat and veg came wrapped in paper.

Paper production uses lots of energy and water, and there is a lot of waste product. Plastic production is quite energy intensive but quite efficient as waste is mainly recycled back into the process.
Meat will last longer in a protective environment within a plastic wrapper, so less is wasted, but of course disposing/recycling the plastic can be problematical.

Quite complicated to work out which is best !
Although you could probably say wrapping vegetables in anything is a waste.

jackieblack

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81777381#Comment_81777381

I've had similar problems opening the new tops… I've found wrapping a rubber band around it several times (I'm using one my postie dropped) works quite well

Frogletina

For removing tops from bottles I use a nutcracker which works very well

Sterlingtimes

In this week's delivery, Sainsbury's has changed the style of its water bottles. Now the tops are easy to open. There must have been multiple complaints.