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		userbinator 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Grapevine canes can be converted into plastic-like... Great, just what we needed as companies are pushing even more aggressively for planned obsolescence. "Biodegradable" just means "self-destructs automatically so we can keep selling you more".

zrobotics 5 months ago [–]

For plastic packaging that you immediately throw away? They aren't pitching making tools or car parts out of this plastic.

userbinator 5 months ago | [–]

Give it enough time and lack of opposition, and they'll... find a way.

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