**resist1984** @resist1984@social.privacytools.io · Apr 05, 2021, 16:07

**resist1984** @resist1984@social.privacytools.io · Apr 05, 2021, 16:07

resist1984 @resist1984@social.privacytools.io

Apr 05, 2021, 16:07

resist1984 @resist1984@social.privacytools.io

#Japan is switching from plastic to paper for food containers-- for environmental reasons. I thought the kind of waxy paper that is coated for waterproofing is not recycleable, so what am I missing?

**Kermode** @gemlog@mastodonten.de · Apr 05, 2021, 16:10

**Kermode** @gemlog@mastodonten.de · Apr 05, 2021, 16:10

Apr 05, 2021, 16:10

Kermode @gemlog@mastodonten.de

@resist1984
There are starch-based 'plastics' that degrade.

**resist1984** @resist1984@social.privacytools.io · 2021-04-05T16:12:42Z

resist1984 @resist1984@social.privacytools.io

@gemlog indeed, so that's another reason not to ban plastic & switch to paper. What is Japan thinking?

Apr 05, 2021, 16:12 · · · ·

**Kermode** @gemlog@mastodonten.de · Apr 05, 2021, 16:14

**Kermode** @gemlog@mastodonten.de · Apr 05, 2021, 16:14

Apr 05, 2021, 16:14

Kermode @gemlog@mastodonten.de

@resist1984
No idea. I thought maybe they are coating it w/ starch v wax.

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