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Awesome now my lead and mercury infused crystal drinkware company can come back into existence! It is also old technology, only found out about relatively recently comapred to the thousand years prior it was being used harmlessly enough.
Next stop, opening up a uranium glass cobranded company!
Each time, I read a piece of news about the US. I think, “dig deeper”.
Explain the differences between the us empire and the soviet empire. Tell me one thing that doesn't make the USSR look good in comparison. Somebody, please.
5th circuit is where all the problems come from
I immediately knew this would be the fifth circuit.
Why does it not surprise me that a company that is totally in love with the idea of poisoning people is based in texas?
Fucking hell we should be banning all disposable plastic, not just the obviously super toxic stuff fml
Wouldn’t paper based boxes be better for the environment, and our health, anyway? Why are we still using plastic boxes for food?
Making paper is a pretty nasty process and wasteful as well. Cardboard also runs the risk of being heavier to transport than plastics, when it comes to single use anyway -- and that means more energy and emissions to transport them.
It is biodegradable and comes from a natural resource that can be sustainable though. Plastic is just... There. Grocery stores have switched back to paper bags awhile ago instead of plastic, so it's able to be done.
It's a crap situation.
Grocery stores have switched back to paper bags awhile ago instead of plastic, so it’s able to be done.
Where? God, I wish. I ask for one and the cashier's roll their eyes.
Everyone I know in the US has been using reusable bags for like ten years now.
And?
And what? You said people roll their eyes. That hasn't been a problem in ten years.
And reusable bags are irrelevant in a conversation about stores switching back to paper bags. Where is this happening? You don't know either.
Are you intentionally being obtuse?
Do you not know how to read?
Big oil has entered the chat
Plastic is cheap and durable. The environmental and health concerns are rarely a factor for companies making the choice.
We could make them responsible for those things.
Plastic lobby says no.
How do they make paper impenetrable to greasy wet food? PFAS coatings...
Waxed paper, like they did before plastic.
Some food boxes are the really thick, compostable, paper boxes, that hold up pretty well to greasy foods. Another option is to place wax paper under the greasy food, between the food and the bottom of the box. Both options are better for the planet than the ones with pfas.
Pizza boxes?
It’s an oil byproduct, cheap waste made into something that can be given to the public and called useful even when we know it’s killing us.
If you ever read "fifth circuit court of appeals", know that you're about to read some bullshit. Every bad decision the current Supreme Court has made started with the fifth circuit.
They are pretty consistently shitheads.
The judge shopping to get this crooked court should be stopped. How long until it takes affect?
Doesn't this take a few threats to shut them up? How the fuck is this a thing.