I believe it’s intended to make the material easier to process for recycling.
Not exactly, the reason is that the caps often get thrown everywhere for some reason? So it’s to protect the environment from that, and this was the solution EU decided on. I bet UK uses it for compatibility with EU, so “evil” EU is still deciding changes in the UK even though UK is no longer a member.
bottle caps in France are designed to stay on, in Canada the bottle caps fall off and pollute the Ocean’s
Not exactly, the reason is that the caps often get thrown everywhere for some reason? So it’s to protect the environment from that, and this was the solution EU decided on. I bet UK uses it for compatibility with EU, so “evil” EU is still deciding changes in the UK even though UK is no longer a member.