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Exactly, we take the “reuse” and repurpose parts of three R’s very seriously in Turkey. Our flower pots are usually used empty cheese containers and all the pla

Exactly, we take the “reuse” and repurpose parts of three R’s very seriously in Turkey. Our flower pots are usually used empty cheese containers and all the plastic bottles are reused for containment of homemade stuff, tomato paste/olives etc... We do not recycle although.

conradfr 6y ago
Which is not necessarily safe depending on the type of plastic (not sure how it goes in Turkey though).
- mschuster91 6y ago
  ... and depending on the type of food. IIRC acidic foods should not be mixed with some plastics (and also not with aluminium foil).
  - amatecha 6y ago
    Huh I'd be interested to know more about the aluminum foil, since at a place I regularly get takeout from they wrap some of the items in aluminum foil (to keep it warm)...
    - mschuster91 6y ago
      For short times it's not that problematic IMO, but for long term storage? Rather avoid it: https://www.rd.com/article/cooking-with-aluminum-foil/ https://www.rd.com/article/cooking-with-aluminum-foil/ Additionally, salty foods seem to be problematic too: https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/22133/why-did-the-salt-on-the-skin-of-my-turkey-react-with-the-aluminum-foil-it-was-to https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/22133/why-did-...
    - scrooched_moose 6y ago
      It's well established that some trace amount of aluminum leaches into your food when using foil, and it's more pronounced with acidic foods. As far as I'm aware there's no evidence of any health effects of this (still trace) amount. The main hypothesis is aluminum may somehow be linked to Alzheimer's, and dietary aluminum may be the source of that. The Alzheimer's Association rather definitively says there is no known link and most current evidence doesn't support this: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/risk-factors-and-prevention/metals-and-dementia https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/risk-factors-an... Every other health effect I've seen hypothesized seems even more fringe.
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conradfr 6y ago

Which is not necessarily safe depending on the type of plastic (not sure how it goes in Turkey though).

mschuster91 6y ago
... and depending on the type of food. IIRC acidic foods should not be mixed with some plastics (and also not with aluminium foil).
- amatecha 6y ago
  Huh I'd be interested to know more about the aluminum foil, since at a place I regularly get takeout from they wrap some of the items in aluminum foil (to keep it warm)...
  - mschuster91 6y ago
    For short times it's not that problematic IMO, but for long term storage? Rather avoid it: https://www.rd.com/article/cooking-with-aluminum-foil/ https://www.rd.com/article/cooking-with-aluminum-foil/ Additionally, salty foods seem to be problematic too: https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/22133/why-did-the-salt-on-the-skin-of-my-turkey-react-with-the-aluminum-foil-it-was-to https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/22133/why-did-...
  - scrooched_moose 6y ago
    It's well established that some trace amount of aluminum leaches into your food when using foil, and it's more pronounced with acidic foods. As far as I'm aware there's no evidence of any health effects of this (still trace) amount. The main hypothesis is aluminum may somehow be linked to Alzheimer's, and dietary aluminum may be the source of that. The Alzheimer's Association rather definitively says there is no known link and most current evidence doesn't support this: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/risk-factors-and-prevention/metals-and-dementia https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/risk-factors-an... Every other health effect I've seen hypothesized seems even more fringe.
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