Karmanopoly@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 days agoI'm doing my partlemmy.worldimagemessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1531arrow-down124
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minus-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·5 days agoI mean waxed paper cups aren’t super, they are likely better than plastic, but the wax is likely a fossils fuel byproduct
minus-squareCIA_chatbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoYup, just looked it up from your comment because it made me realize that I had no idea what wax was actually made of. Paraffin wax is a colorless solid derived from petroleum, coal, or oil shale, consisting of hydrocarbon molecules
minus-squareFireRetardant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoIt is also a mixed material which makes it difficult to recycle
I mean waxed paper cups aren’t super, they are likely better than plastic, but the wax is likely a fossils fuel byproduct
Yup, just looked it up from your comment because it made me realize that I had no idea what wax was actually made of.
Paraffin wax is a colorless solid derived from petroleum, coal, or oil shale, consisting of hydrocarbon molecules
It is also a mixed material which makes it difficult to recycle