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A place to share practical, durable and quality made products that are made to last, with an emphasis on upcycled and sustainable products!

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Things that are well-made and durable (even if they won't last a lifetime) are A-Okay!

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American culture needs to “dispose of that disposable mindset, where everything is to be used and thrown away,”

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[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

Yards of plastic when a wad of paper would do. I think we need to use natural biopolymers like cellulose and chitin much more. Packaging waste alone justifies the research cost needed to figure out the best way to make that work.