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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Fair point, I have no idea. My perception at least would be that the waste is reduced and that plastics and less environmentally ideal than papers. I figure you could also manufacture these containers primarily out of recycled papers, which wouldn’t be all that intensive, since they don’t need to be bleached, smoothed, or be structurally all that significant to hold some berries.
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If a manufacturer sources their cardboard from recycled sources as much as possible it is a LOT more environmentally friendly to use than plastic products.
To me as someone who deals with a lot of waste products, I am glad that the manufacturers we buy from all use cardboard.
We recycle 95%+ of our cardboard, and a lot of boxes get used 3-4 times before they even get sent to recycling.
On the plastic side, we recycle next to nothing because it is hard to do.
To me it seems like we should be using MORE cardboard products and less plastic. If there is a concern over cutting down trees to MAKE the cardboard, I'd imagine those types of trees are easy to plant and manage.