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> while also respecting the environment Honest question: is it disrespecting the environment to harvest cotton/paper from the earth and put it back in the ear
by JudgeWapner 7y ago
> while also respecting the environment
Honest question: is it disrespecting the environment to harvest cotton/paper from the earth and put it back in the earth? They're both biodegradeable and renewable. If anything, I think that it would take carbon from the atmosphere and sequester it for decades, which is a net positive.
- sametmax 7y agoThose comes with packaging, processing and transport. Unless you imagine people free picking cotton in nature and shoving it in. Plus, you need many of those cotton balls in the day, and only one cup you can reuse the whole day.