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The grams of waste per teaspoon of ketchup seems high.

What else has a super high packaging waste per consumable volume?

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[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago

Noone wants to hear this one because... we are spoiled and the alternative fucking sucks...

Diapers and wet wipes. Most are not biodegradeable. That one is the one I am guilty of that bothers me the most.

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

I would expand that and say small kids in general are super wasteful. They consume a lot of resources, produce a lot of trash (and noise) and are a significant source of stress and sleep deprivation, both of which are suspected of causing cancer. ๐Ÿ˜…

[-] ech0@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My daughter is coming in 8 weeks...and now you tell me?

[-] thedrivingcrooner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Almost 6 months with my daughter, nobody told me these babies get teeth?! Now she's crying at me because she bit herself and it's my fault!

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

She is hungry but doesn't want to eat? That's your fault. Tired, but doesn't want to sleep? Your fault.

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Oh, best get all the sleep you can now! You need to stock up!

[-] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

There's still time to run out to the store for a pack of cigarettes.

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