• Soggy@lemmy.world
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        3 个月前

        No it’s not structurally “plastic” but it’s not biodegradable or reusable which is the point at hand so I think it was a reasonable comparison. (I also said “basically plastic” which clearly indicates similarity rather than equation)

        • piccolo@ani.social
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          3 个月前

          Paraffin is an alkane, chemically similar to other alkane, such as methane, gasoline, etc.

          Plastics are made from alkenes, with double carbon bonds, thus why they are harder to breakdown naturally.

    • finitebanjo@lemmy.worldOP
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      3 个月前

      Absolutely plastic lined all, I was just trying to be descriptive since that packaging type doesn’t seem to have any unique identifying names.