@finitebanjo@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 9 months agoReports that Capri Sun is phasing out pouches for bottles is ruining childhoods everywherewww.dailydot.comexternal-linkmessage-square197fedilinkarrow-up1439
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minus-square@buddascrayon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink9•9 months agoThey have these revolutionary containers made from paper that is layered in order to make it hard and card like. Almost stiff as a board. And is capable of holding liquids and also breaks down very easily. 😒
minus-square@hark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink14•9 months agoWhat are they lined with to prevent them from getting soggy from contact with the liquid?
minus-square@piccolo@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-29 months agoPolyethylene and/or aluminum foil but iirc before plastics, it would have been wax.
minus-square@prole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilink1•edit-29 months agoProbably parrafin. Take a wild guess what parrafin is made from… Not sure if it has the same issues breaking down as plastic, but it’s still a petroleum byproduct, so we should probably be moving away from it.
minus-square@piccolo@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoBeing made from petroleum isnt bad. its a byproduct of distilling lubricates.
The pouches seem like less plastic.
They have these revolutionary containers made from paper that is layered in order to make it hard and card like. Almost stiff as a board. And is capable of holding liquids and also breaks down very easily. 😒
I’m in!
What are they lined with to prevent them from getting soggy from contact with the liquid?
Probably Teflon 🤣💀
Polyethylene and/or aluminum foil but iirc before plastics, it would have been wax.
Probably parrafin.
Take a wild guess what parrafin is made from…
Not sure if it has the same issues breaking down as plastic, but it’s still a petroleum byproduct, so we should probably be moving away from it.
Being made from petroleum isnt bad. its a byproduct of distilling lubricates.