floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoStubborn polystyrene waste finally gets innovative recycling solutioninterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down13
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minus-squarefreziklinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoIt’s in more stuff than you think. High density polystyrene is what a good chunk of disposable plastic spoons/forks/knives is made of.
minus-squarePulptasticlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThe clear brittle kind. Cups too, the clear ones that snap when you squeeze them too hard.
minus-squareianovic69@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoUgh, I was only thinking of the packaging that disintegrates into tiny, environment poisoning particles. The disposable stuff is just as bad as it’s not, er, disposable. What a mess.
It’s in more stuff than you think. High density polystyrene is what a good chunk of disposable plastic spoons/forks/knives is made of.
The clear brittle kind. Cups too, the clear ones that snap when you squeeze them too hard.
Ugh, I was only thinking of the packaging that disintegrates into tiny, environment poisoning particles.
The disposable stuff is just as bad as it’s not, er, disposable. What a mess.