[78-L] Styrofoam "peanuts"

[Mark Bardenwerper]

On 12/15/2011 4:15, Doug Pomeroy wrote:
> For years I have been bagging the "peanuts" and donating them
> to a local shipping store, where they are welcomed.
>
> But, I so hate the usual "peanuts" that I am now refusing to accept
> any package which includes them.  Is there any more insidious,
> diabolical invention in the history of mankind?  I never heard
> there was a bio-degradable version.  But what in the world is
> wrong with crumpled newspaper?
>
> It's such a telling development: we create trash in order to
> dispose of trash; think of all the plastic bags we Americans
> buy to put our garbage in.  (I finally gave up home delivery of
> the NY Times because they delivered it every day, rain or shine,
> in a non-recyclable, blue plastic bag.  When I requested they
> deliver the paper without any bag, the delivery guy would
> take off the bag and throw it on the sidewalk in front of
> my house!)
>
>
There were peanuts made of corn for a while, until the fervor passed. 
Now they seem to be unavailable. You could eat them.

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