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maxsolomon

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6. Trex is plastic lumber.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 12:31 PM

Apr 2022

It's OK for surfaces like decks. It doesn't have the strength needed for structures. There is also plastic siding which looks like crap.

Packaging can be made from any number of compostable sources. Prior to Covid, all carry-out packaging in Seattle was required to be compostable.

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Big Oil Touted Recycling to Sell More Plastic, and Left Cities Grappling With a Costly Waste Problem [View all] Wicked Blue Apr 2022 OP

🤬 🤬 🤬 a kennedy Apr 2022 #1

They were going to make building materials bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #2

Paper and cardboard madville Apr 2022 #3

Lol. Remember the 70's when paper bags were evil. jimfields33 Apr 2022 #4

Well, a reuseable cloth bag is preferable to a paper sack that is maxsolomon Apr 2022 #10

Trex is plastic lumber. maxsolomon Apr 2022 #6

People Conducted Business modrepub Apr 2022 #7

I remember seeing park benches made of recycled plastic in the 90s Wicked Blue Apr 2022 #11

A lot of the plastics are recyclable by definition. MichMan Apr 2022 #5

Privatize the profit, socialize the cost. maxsolomon Apr 2022 #8

Kick dalton99a Apr 2022 #9