[buildbot]

FYI scotch-brite pads are plastic and shed microplastics into your pan.

As a replacement, there are coconut fiber based pads that work better actually.

[dragonwriter]

For cast iron, the best scrubbers are steel chainmail, IME.

Last forever, too.

[morsch]

I mean, you'd typically rinse it pretty thouroughly, I doubt a lot of micro anything remains. I'm not sure pan cleaning is a significant source of overall micro plastics emissions, though I'm open to it.

[buildbot]

Yeah really hard to measure, but the thought of little bits of plastic melting back into the pan makes it worth the 5$ to "splurge" on a nicer scrubber that causes less anxiety haha.