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Transparent paper-based material can hold boiling water and degrade in deep ocean in under a year (phys.org)

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[-] IMALlama@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

The vast majority of paper cups are plastic lined. Before that, we used to use wax coated paper but that's less common these days.

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