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maxsolomon

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10. Well, a reuseable cloth bag is preferable to a paper sack that is

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 11:37 AM

Apr 2022

put in the garbage, recycling bin, or compost.

Paper factories are/were pretty toxic pollution sources - i.e. the famous "Aroma of Tacoma" from pulp mills.

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Big Oil Touted Recycling to Sell More Plastic, and Left Cities Grappling With a Costly Waste Problem [View all] Wicked Blue Apr 2022 OP

🤬 🤬 🤬 a kennedy Apr 2022 #1

They were going to make building materials bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #2

Paper and cardboard madville Apr 2022 #3

Lol. Remember the 70's when paper bags were evil. jimfields33 Apr 2022 #4

Well, a reuseable cloth bag is preferable to a paper sack that is maxsolomon Apr 2022 #10

Trex is plastic lumber. maxsolomon Apr 2022 #6

People Conducted Business modrepub Apr 2022 #7

I remember seeing park benches made of recycled plastic in the 90s Wicked Blue Apr 2022 #11

A lot of the plastics are recyclable by definition. MichMan Apr 2022 #5

Privatize the profit, socialize the cost. maxsolomon Apr 2022 #8

Kick dalton99a Apr 2022 #9