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	by cubefox 791 days ago
	I thought you doubt that people are concerned about microplastics in general, but apparently not. It's called plastic money by the way, not polymer money.

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It's called plastic money by the way, not polymer money.

This seems to be just a marketing name. You could equally call plastic cups "polymer cups".

They are made from synthetic polymer such as biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP).

If you go to a country where they use these, they call them polymer notes.

They are made from a polymer and people that use them call them polymer notes. That's a decent amount of evidence compared to your no evidence.

> They are made from synthetic polymer such as biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP).

Polymer cups are also made from synthetic polymers like polypropylene. So are polymer knives and polymer forks.

It's called plastic money by the way, not polymer money.

I don't know what else to tell you. You said it's not called polymer money, I showed you a lot of evidence that it is.

It's a euphemism that you don't have to accept if you find polymer cups ridiculous.