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berandomness · 2 years ago

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I bought some matches today that marketed themselves as eco friendly, and they aren't exactly lying, but it is still a plastic based product, so it's not exactly green imo. I wasn't aware they were plastic when I bought them, based on the packaging it looked like it was some sort of compressed paper product. Either way, I'm a mix of dissapointment and surprise, with the ever growing conviction that humanity is going to hurt itself very badly in its confusion of sorting out the climate change mess. I'm really struggling to accept that anything involved with the plastic industry, which is heavily reliant on the oil industry, will ever be good for the planet. But I don't make the big descisions.

#the matches are called firestixs #by olympia inc #but its not on their website #the material is pmma (acrylic)#i found some documentation that seems to support the claim of thus being a 'clean' burning plastic #but its a whole chain to make the product #your telling me its greener to make a bunch of little plastic sticks insteads of do things with trees?#we can sustainably manage forests for our wood needs with electric equipement #and sure a wooden match may output for co2 and it all adds up #but also #is making a plastic stick the solution to wooden matches?#im quite unconvinced #enviromentalism #greenwashing #not an expert just a concerned citizen who did some googling #trees #matches #acrylic #pmma

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