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Cellophane is biodegradable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellophane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellophane Most people worry about the wrong thing. If you

Cellophane is biodegradable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellophane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellophane Most people worry about the wrong thing. If you live in the West, you're not appreciably contributing to ocean plastic pollution (and no, you're almost certainly not doing so by "shipping your garbage to china" either). Smokers, definitely not contributing to plastic pollution.

spodek 7y ago
> Smokers, definitely not contributing to plastic pollution National Geographic and Phys.org report otherwise: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/cigarettes-story-of-plastic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/cigar... and https://phys.org/news/2019-07-cigarette-butts-forgotten-plastic-pollutionand.html https://phys.org/news/2019-07-cigarette-butts-forgotten-plas... Others producing more doesn't reduce their pollution.
- scottlocklin 7y ago
  Cellulose acetate aka cigarette butts, turns into dirt 4 months in the soil or a few years out in the open sunlight[1]. It's vastly more biodegradable than your hoodie, your socks, your Starbucks cup or even something like dried up egg yolk. I don't think people should throw it on the ground, because trash barrels and ash trays are there for a reason, but it's basically not an environmental problem at all. It's just unsightly litter. > Others producing more doesn't reduce their pollution. If you actually want to solve environmental problems, how about solving actual problems instead of picking on lower class cigarette smokers who aren't causing any issues? It sure seems like an awful lot of "environmentalism" is nothing more than a disgusting social class pose. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose_acetate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose_acetate
dylan604 7y ago
I'm really not so sure cigarette packing is cellophane [0]. Just because something is biodegradable doesn't mean it's cool to just chuck it out the window. While that cellophane is still intact (it's main use is to keep out moisture) is traveling along water ways/drains where it can clog up the works. [0]https://meshrinkwrap.com/news/cigarette-packaging-explained/ https://meshrinkwrap.com/news/cigarette-packaging-explained/
- afc 7y ago
  Strawman. There are many things that, like tossing biodegradable stuff out the window, aren't cool that don't appreciably contribute to ocean plastic pollution.
nadezhda18 7y ago
what about cigarette butts? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/cigarettes-story-of-plastic/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/cigar...
jamil7 7y ago
How about eating fish?

spodek 7y ago

> Smokers, definitely not contributing to plastic pollution National Geographic and Phys.org report otherwise: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/cigarettes-story-of-plastic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/cigar... and https://phys.org/news/2019-07-cigarette-butts-forgotten-plastic-pollutionand.html https://phys.org/news/2019-07-cigarette-butts-forgotten-plas... Others producing more doesn't reduce their pollution.

scottlocklin 7y ago
Cellulose acetate aka cigarette butts, turns into dirt 4 months in the soil or a few years out in the open sunlight[1]. It's vastly more biodegradable than your hoodie, your socks, your Starbucks cup or even something like dried up egg yolk. I don't think people should throw it on the ground, because trash barrels and ash trays are there for a reason, but it's basically not an environmental problem at all. It's just unsightly litter. > Others producing more doesn't reduce their pollution. If you actually want to solve environmental problems, how about solving actual problems instead of picking on lower class cigarette smokers who aren't causing any issues? It sure seems like an awful lot of "environmentalism" is nothing more than a disgusting social class pose. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose_acetate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose_acetate

dylan604 7y ago

I'm really not so sure cigarette packing is cellophane [0]. Just because something is biodegradable doesn't mean it's cool to just chuck it out the window. While that cellophane is still intact (it's main use is to keep out moisture) is traveling along water ways/drains where it can clog up the works. [0]https://meshrinkwrap.com/news/cigarette-packaging-explained/ https://meshrinkwrap.com/news/cigarette-packaging-explained/

afc 7y ago
Strawman. There are many things that, like tossing biodegradable stuff out the window, aren't cool that don't appreciably contribute to ocean plastic pollution.

nadezhda18 7y ago

what about cigarette butts? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/cigarettes-story-of-plastic/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/08/cigar...

jamil7 7y ago

How about eating fish?