Not sure what they’re trying to do, but seems any plastic bottle tops are now fastened to the bottle and you can’t get them off without cutting them. Why? It’s awkward and just annoying. Do people really lose them that often?
New EU regulation requires all plastic bottle tops to be attached so they are less likely to end up in the ocean, and if they do, they aren’t swallowed by sea creatures. 'Bout time. And now they can do the same with those little plastic security strips that peel off underneath some bottle tops (like soy sauce).
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It’s not just Aldi, lots of bottles have been changing over to that form for quite a while now.
As Bossybaby says it’s to fulfil the new EU requirements which are actually a good thing for once.
The downside is that as the bottle and top are from two different plastics it makes recycling just that bit harder.
Well, I cut mine off so not really making any difference. I always have tops on bottles when recycling.
All it’s really doing is annoying customers. I shook a bottle this morning before opening it, found the cap attached to that one as well and of course it dripped down the side of the bottle. Really useful. 
A common myth, PET (bottle) sinks in water, while HDPE (top) float so very easy to separate after shreding.
(Plus, separating bottle and lid does not result in pure components, the bottle would still have attached the label (PP) and the little ring what was once part of the lid (HDPE). The only benefit nowadays is phycological for the person recycling it)
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It’s really annoying you but you’re not the only customer, lots of people actually find it useful and if it’s ultimately better for the planet then I’m all for it.
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Who? Who finds it useful?
They’re a right PITA. Some make it quite difficult to get the cap back on properly - couple of times I’ve ended up with juice dripping in the fridge as a result of getting the thread slightly crossed.
I always pull them straight off now.
Take a breath. These tethered caps are getting better over time as companies adjust and improve. I don’t think the planet has noticed yet, but it is really nothing to get upset about. Unless of course you want to.
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I do, I have actually got to quite like them.
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Started about a year ago in the EU. Real PITA. Try pour out in a glass from such a bottle. Some moron thought this up and what no one is talking about is just how much more plastic is needed to produce these new caps.
Like others I always squash the bottles and put cap back on.
Another one of those brilliant ideas of today’s world.
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How do you get the deposit machine to take back squashed bottles?
Where do you live, that you have deposit machines? Those don‘t exist where I live. We have plastic recycling bags or collection points with big bins.
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…not a thang in CH?
It´s 25 cents deposit for a 0.5 l plastic bottle of water and 25 cents a can here in the Fatherland.
Generally I have two large Aldi bags under the sink that gets taken to the machine once a month for around 8 to 10 Euros return deposit.
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I’ve never seen them. What liquids are sold in them?
(It may be something I never buy).
Is this Germany? In Switzerland these bottles don’t have deposit on them and squashing them is better as less volume for transport.
In Germany coke bottles and most other soft drinks have refund on them and are not taken back if cannot read bar code…
Same for glass beer bottles cans…
And then I guess each retailer will take them to recycle point… Not sure it’s the most efficient.
What happens in Germany also is that people scavenge trash bins to get the money for returns and of above a certain threshold needs to be declared as income. Source in German hubby and have not verified it 
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I meant in Switzerland. I didn’t quote slammer but just replied to the thread in general. I guess I should have quoted the first post to make it clear.
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I’ve only seen them on the Innocent juice bottles so far but I don’t actually buy many bottled drinks.
I’m guessing from the vitriol on here that they are present on a lot of other bottles too.
I don’t see the problem with them myself, I quite like them.
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Plastic recycling is just a marketing scam to make large scale use of throwaway plastics socially paletable.
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