Why would you call something “plant based” when it uses a lot of plastic which after short time degrades and exposes it to the environment?

  • barnacul@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Polyurethane is made by (among other steps) mixing paint thinner and phosgene gas. It’s a nasty dangerous process.

    The only time plants are involved is when they mix in some fiber pulp at the end.

    Plant based plastics exist, but they are not polyurethane.