And those trays are just the start of a river of trash from school meals that ends up in landfills, including nacho - stained containers, half - empty milk cartons, plastic cookie wrappers and plastic tubs that will sit in thick polyethylene bags for centuries without biodegrading. (articles.chicagotribune.com)
Interestingly, Dr. Stuart Yaniger, one of the authors of the Environmental Health Perspectives study, responded both to Chris Kresser's post and to a post at another website (which argued for the safety of polyethylene bags or silicone bags for sous vide).7 Dr. Yaniger's response (see comment in reference 7) was instructive: (westonaprice.org)
The boots (spotted at VeoVerde) are built by fusing several layers of plastic polyethylene bags together to create a thicker and more resistant material to work with. (treehugger.com)