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    10 months ago

    Technically a shift from Mylar to PET might be more environmentally friendly, but yeah I would prefer cans or cardboard box drinks, you know: the ol waxed paperboard beverage carton

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        110 months ago

        Absolutely plastic lined all, I was just trying to be descriptive since that packaging type doesn’t seem to have any unique identifying names.

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          110 months ago

          No it’s not structurally “plastic” but it’s not biodegradable or reusable which is the point at hand so I think it was a reasonable comparison. (I also said “basically plastic” which clearly indicates similarity rather than equation)

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            110 months ago

            Paraffin is an alkane, chemically similar to other alkane, such as methane, gasoline, etc.

            Plastics are made from alkenes, with double carbon bonds, thus why they are harder to breakdown naturally.