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Re:Food Delivery Apps Are Drowning China in Plastic by culturestate on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @12:40AM (#20036909)
This is still a pretty good solution. The amount of plastic used is cut dramatically, obviously, and as long as the containers are made correctly they can still be recycled in a normal paper process.
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Re:Food Delivery Apps Are Drowning China in Plastic by dwaltrip on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @01:30AM (#20037076)
Is cardboard that is dirtied with food oils actually recyclable? I thought this is not the case.
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Re:Food Delivery Apps Are Drowning China in Plastic by culturestate on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @02:33AM (#20037350)
If it's made correctly, yes. Pizza boxes aren't (because they aren't coated, so the oil soaks in), but e.g. orange juice cartons are.
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Re:Food Delivery Apps Are Drowning China in Plastic by ubercow13 on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @03:23AM (#20037573)
Orange juice cartons are surely plastic-lined or foil-lined too though
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Re:Food Delivery Apps Are Drowning China in Plastic by culturestate on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @03:41AM (#20037648)
Right, which is why recyclability depends on the way they're made. The PE formulation used for things like juice cartons in the US can be broken down when the cartons are pulped.
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