• finitebanjo@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 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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          2 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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            2 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.

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        2 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.