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France to end non-essential printing of paper receipts
(www.euronews.com)
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this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2023
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The paper commonly used for receipts is thermal paper, which doesn't usually have any wax in it. But it's still not recyclable due to the other chemicals in it.
True. Some shops (only Lidl where I live so far) switched to blue receipts, which apparently can be recycled with paper