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Given the incredible number of chickens that are processed every single minute across the world, this shouldn't be surprising but it's easy to see why you might
by hnbad 10mo ago
Given the incredible number of chickens that are processed every single minute across the world, this shouldn't be surprising but it's easy to see why you might be surprised if you never considered where all the stuff that isn't meat goes.
- hennell 10mo agoI found it pretty surprising. It would not have surprised me at all if we made fake plastic feathers and burned or buried even more real ones because it works out fractionally 'cheaper' to make new then collect and wash/treat the old.
- tobyjsullivan 10mo agoHonestly, I’d still be surprised to learn feathers in America are produced from American poultry. Far more likely the local ones get burned and everything for sale is shipped across the ocean because cheaper.
- butvacuum 10mo agoFeathers? Not a chance. Far too much volume per unit weight. And if they're compressed, you end up with only broken feathers.
- userbinator 10mo ago"What costs more to ship, a ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?"
- butvacuum 10mo agoAhhh, Limmy. Just don't ask about purple burglar alarms.
- exasperaited 10mo agoOr they don't get burned but they do get shipped across the ocean to be processed, and then shipped back… that's the commercial way
- layer8 10mo agoIt’s also because real feathers are similarly durable as plastic feathers would be. Plants are very cheap to grow as well, but plastic plants are nevertheless a thing.
- barrkel 10mo agoPlastic plants sell because they are free of maintenance, they don't wither and die, not because they are cheap to produce.
- satvikpendem 10mo agoYes, they sell for the aesthetic. I have real plants but some friends have fake ones and honestly at a distance without scrutiny they look just as good. Hell, certain real plants look and feel plasticky themselves due to how they're composed, especially vinous plants.
- layer8 10mo agoExactly, that’s what I meant by durable. And cheap was referring to growing natural plants.
- fundad 10mo agoFeather meal is used in animal feed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feather_meal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feather_meal Manure is also fed to cows. https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/g2077 https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/g2077 "Poultry litter can be used as a feedstuff... There are currently no federal or Missouri regulations governing the use of poultry litter as a feedstuff"
- kpil 10mo agoSometimes EU regulations isn't that bad. Poultry litter has been banned as cattle feed since 2001, partially due to mouth and foot disease and BSE and to some extent animal welfare.
- NedF 10mo ago[dead]