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by logimus 1213 days ago
Do you really think paper is more sustainable? In my place they burn the rubbish and paper even if recycled is more questionable.
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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.