• maniii@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    Again there is a difference even when you say synthetic rubber,

    DO NOT MIX AND CONFUSE RUBBER and PLASTIC.

    Rubber === mixture of ISOPRENE and ELASTOMERE polymers ( naturally occurring from Latex/rubber trees but 50% naturally produced and 50% synthetically produced from petrochemicals)

    Plastic === mixture of various Ethyl,Propyl,Poly-Propyl Polymers mainly derived synthetically from petrochemical sources ( may or may not be combined with elastomere for rubberized properties).

    So MOST MODERN Industrial processes are DIRTY and HEAVILY POLLUTING.

    Dont confuse Rubber and Plastic manufacturing and lump it into a single problem unless and until you have definitive and REPRODUCIBLE PROOF THAT PROBLEMS ARE COMMON TO BOTH.

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        17 days ago

        Is that your only retort to being shut down with logic? I love the spirit of this sub but the people in here are so unbearable

        Is all of your clothing natural fibers? I guarantee you are shedding pounds of microplastics into the environment every year personally

        Got a goretex jacket? You are killing the earth with PFAs

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          Shut down with logic? My entire comment was about differentiating between natural and synthetic rubbers and he wrote an entire wall of text about how I have to differentiate between natural and synthetic rubbers.

          And yes, except for a couple jackets, which I don’t really wash at all, all my clothes, bed sheets etc. are out of 100% cotton. Always have been. My top level comment in this very thread is literally me calling out synthetic textiles. Any other things you want to project onto me?