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I 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 o
by hennell 10mo ago
I 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