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> Napkins and tissues are not made of plastics

Would you be surprised to learn that napkins and tissues and paper towels have all sorts of plastic coatings on them? It’s an untold story and I’d love one of these pubs to do some research the way they did about pizza boxes back in the day



I would think that durable versions wouldn't be made out of them, unless they were synthetic fibers.


It's coatings, not the main material.

Your 100% cotton sweater has petroleum-derived coatings on it too, which give it a soft handfeel in the store and keep bugs from eating it on its way over from SE Asia :)


Well, they don't /have/ to use those.


Great point!




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