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Re:A clear, strong, and thermally insulated wood for energy ... by gnufx on Sunday October 04, 2020 @02:21PM (#24681079)
They say they're made from vegetable material (for the containers, I think) and wood for the window, but I don't know what that actually means, of course.
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Re:A clear, strong, and thermally insulated wood for energy ... by maxerickson on Sunday October 04, 2020 @02:47PM (#24681321)
I meant the containers are just plant based plastics, with no wood in them. There's a whole bunch of processes to derive plastics from plants:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioplastic

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Re:A clear, strong, and thermally insulated wood for energy ... by gnufx on Monday October 05, 2020 @01:43PM (#24690046)
Yes, ultimately I suppose all(?) plastics are from plants, possibly via geological processes. I don't know what the legal definition would be, and the packaging which says "plastic free" might well contravene it, but at least it's (apparently) compostable.
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