This plastic is made from milk and it vanishes in 13 weeks
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Growing more dairy cows for plastic alternatives seems very much a big step backward.
If it can use milk that would otherwise be thrown out, due to contamination or expiration, that wouldn't be so bad.
Milk protein can be grown in labs now:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daphneewingchow/2025/02/24/first-lab-grown-whole-cows-milk-to-debut-in-the-us/
That has to be the first non-vegan fork ever made.
Typical vegan, thinking that petroleum based is better than animal based.
Didn't say it was, also I'm not a vegan. But you do realize there are options that are neither petroleum nor animal-based?
No, I wasn't targetting you, even remotely. Was just pissed at how polyurethane is often marketted as "vegan leather" despite being more environmentally destructive than the usual cow leather.
My casein allergy does not approve.
Were... Were you planning on eating the plastic?
Nope, but as microplastics always seem to leech into your food/live/earth, I would expect some of them to end up in my food.