"Plastic cartons" sounds a bit of an oxymoron. YTH don't they use cardboard like sensible people?

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Post #439,915 by CRConrad 9/20/21 5:07:40 AM 9/20/21 5:07:40 AM Reply	"Plastic cartons" sounds a bit of an oxymoron. YTH don't they use cardboard like sensible people?
Post #439,918 by pwhysall 9/20/21 6:01:59 AM 9/20/21 6:01:59 AM Reply	Bottles, then. UHT milk tends to come in cardboard cartons But they have a plastic spout.
Post #439,922 by CRConrad 9/20/21 12:32:22 PM 9/20/21 12:32:23 PM Reply	We must have extra-hardy fridge-resistant cardboard up here then... But yeah, some of them also have that moronic piece of plastic. WTF is wrong with people, is it millennials[§] who can't open the ordinary old-fashioned kind or what? https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=uusavuttomuus ___ [§]: Yeah, I know what I'm actually after is "Gen-Z". -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi

Not sure where to put this, paying for trash - (crazy) - (26) - Sept. 19, 2021, 10:21:33 AM EDT

I wish we'd get real about plastic - (drook) - (20) - Sept. 20, 2021, 07:57:41 AM EDT

Thankfully over here it is starting to move, albeit slowly - (pwhysall) - (3) - Sept. 20, 2021, 02:10:58 AM EDT

"Plastic cartons" sounds a bit of an oxymoron. YTH don't they use cardboard like sensible people? -NT - (CRConrad) - (2) - Sept. 20, 2021, 05:07:40 AM EDT

Bottles, then. UHT milk tends to come in cardboard cartons - (pwhysall) - (1) - Sept. 20, 2021, 06:01:59 AM EDT

We must have extra-hardy fridge-resistant cardboard up here then... - (CRConrad) - Sept. 20, 2021, 12:32:23 PM EDT

The problem is that it's just cheaper to use virgin material. - (static) - (15) - Sept. 20, 2021, 04:44:14 AM EDT

Put the cost of recycling into the tax - (drook) - (14) - Sept. 20, 2021, 08:05:48 AM EDT

Here in California . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (13) - Sept. 20, 2021, 11:31:16 AM EDT

Someone with more time to look into this should crunch the numbers - (drook) - (12) - Sept. 20, 2021, 02:59:57 PM EDT

Yes. - (static) - (11) - Sept. 21, 2021, 11:09:27 PM EDT

We have (smallish) media "scandals" here from time to time, when municipalities... - (CRConrad) - Sept. 22, 2021, 05:10:47 AM EDT

We've got to pull the "Reduce" lever harder - (drook) - (9) - Sept. 22, 2021, 09:39:11 AM EDT

Bag taxes. - (Another Scott) - (8) - Sept. 22, 2021, 10:48:01 AM EDT

I can hear the screams from the supply chain already - (drook) - Sept. 22, 2021, 11:08:19 AM EDT

Ecology & taxes - (Andrew Grygus) - (6) - Sept. 22, 2021, 11:38:12 AM EDT

I like how they do it at Costco - (drook) - (4) - Sept. 22, 2021, 11:45:31 AM EDT

TJs will do that with wine if you want. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Sept. 22, 2021, 01:11:30 PM EDT

When I shopped at TJs . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Sept. 22, 2021, 09:26:11 PM EDT

Happens here. - (static) - Sept. 22, 2021, 09:05:46 PM EDT

But then you need to subtract all the FoodSaver repackaging plastic... -NT - (scoenye) - Sept. 23, 2021, 07:26:45 PM EDT

What's in a name? (A piece of trash, by any other name, will still stink to high heaven...) - (CRConrad) - Sept. 23, 2021, 03:52:50 AM EDT

I got five to 10 van loads that I have to get rid of. - (crazy) - (4) - Sept. 22, 2021, 05:12:31 PM EDT

Craigslist free, someone will come for the compressor -NT - (drook) - (3) - Sept. 22, 2021, 06:48:20 PM EDT

I gave him a week - (crazy) - (2) - Sept. 22, 2021, 07:56:08 PM EDT

craigslist free to gleaners and metall recyclers - (boxley) - Sept. 22, 2021, 10:59:17 PM EDT

WTF, you got a free compressor, shouldn't you be over the moon? -NT - (CRConrad) - Sept. 23, 2021, 03:47:04 AM EDT

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