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United PR
As you've likely heard us say before, when it comes to protecting our environment, every action counts. This weekend, you'll begin to notice flight attendants serving soft drinks and keeping the can, as we work with our catering vendors to increase the volume of cans and plastic bottles that we recycle.
Why keep the can? Because we are better able to ensure it is recycled if it never leaves our hands, versus trying to separate cans from the rest of the trash later. (As you well know, it can get a little hectic for our flight attendants when they are collecting trash at the end of your flight!)
The last time I was on a CO flight, the flight attendant said "please, please ask me for the can! When I have to keep all my empties in the cart, I can never find the full ones."
The second-to-last-time I was on a CO flight, the flight attendant handed me an empty Coke can and asked me to stow it in my seat back pocket until she had a chance to come back and pick it up.
Glad to hear United is keeping the "you're welcome to keep the can, just ask" approach -- note that in practice this will mean that passengers should probably ask
