• nucleative@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    Why not one time uses, such as for tablewear for food on airplanes? Intuitively it seems like we waste a lot in the “one time use” category where it’s also expensive and inconvenient to wash and reuse

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      28 days ago

      Lots of single-use plastics are years of by the time they make it to the end user.

      The logistics of a plastic that degrades that quickly are difficult.