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Re:How to turn waste polyethylene into something useful by walterbell on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @07:50PM (#33088867)
Plastic is not cheap when you need it, e.g. coroplast sheets ($15 for 24"x36") or 4# closed-cell polyethylene foam ($20 for 12"x24"x0.5").
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Re:How to turn waste polyethylene into something useful by benj111 on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @05:11AM (#33093058)
That's true for a lot of things.

See how much a cardboard box costs when you want to buy one, even though they give them away at the supermarket.

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