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[–] Nath@aussie.zone 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Plastic on its own is not evil. The problem is single-use plastic. Tupperware lasts decades - I've got a few containers that mum bought 40+ years ago. Hard to imagine that she was younger than I am when she bought these containers, and they outlasted her.

No argument that we have a plastic problem as a society; but I don't really see Tupperware itself as a part of that problem.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 8 points 1 month ago

Storing and heating food in plastic is a very large source of nanoplastic and microplastic consumption

[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

Dont microwave them, that's for sure