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Are you sure it was a plastic wrapper and not e.g. cellophane?
by samuli 5y ago
Are you sure it was a plastic wrapper and not e.g. cellophane?
- nerdponx 5y agoThings I learned from Wikipedia as a result of reading your comment: Cellophane is not plastic. Cellophane is biodegradable. Rayon is the same substance as cellophane, but in a different shape. Cellophane and Rayon are often made using the "viscose process", which requires the use of carbon disulfide, which is toxic, and the process has toxic byproducts. I wasn't able to figure out if this process has more or less toxic byproducts than processes for making plastic films. I wasn't able to figure out if this process is more carbon-intensive than processes for making plastic films. Harvesting plant matter, pumping water around, etc. sounds energy-intensive. Is it better or worse than digging carbon sludge up out of the ground?