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by woodruffw 1213 days ago
Probably depends on the product. My local butcher sells most things wrapped in paper, but sausages come in a plastic bag (I have no idea why).
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Do you really think paper is more sustainable? In my place they burn the rubbish and paper even if recycled is more questionable.
Paper comes from trees that extract carbon from air. Trees have a lifecycle wayyyyyy shorter that oil so when you use paper you’re on a ~50y removable scale which is more human manageable that the oil one.
Takes oil and other non renewable to cut it and process. Plastic is more or less a side product of the oil industry. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/sustainabl...
I didn't state a position on that. I only said my butcher uses both.