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What industry secret are you aware of that most people aren't? (programming.dev)

submitted 5 months ago by protein@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Polystyrene is about as recyclable as any other type of plastic

[–] overcast5348@lemmy.world 37 points 5 months ago

At this point, I'm not sure if I should interpret that as "very recyclable" or "barely recyclable".

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

And is chemically very similar to the chemical that gives cinnamon its flavour.

NileRed(or maybe NileBlue?) made cinnamon hearts out of styrene