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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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[–] Vupperware@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (31 children)

This one’s done to death, but kCups.

Also, plastic water bottles.

A more novel pick would be those plastic ez floss picks.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I also don't get kcups in general. In what situation are the soft and paper-based Senseo pads not superior? He holders are easier to clean, they store better since they're squishy and they come in smaller packs anyways. Plus they're cheaper.

Why would someone go for those cups instead? 😒

[–] backpackn@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those are cool, never seen or heard of them before in my part of the US. We use reusable kcups, so we put a filter and grounds in mesh/plastic shell. We like them because we can choose single servings of anything, like our local beans or herbal stuff like teeccino. But yeah Senseo pads look pretty great.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh that's weird, ty. I wasn't aware that Philips hadn't actually spread their senseo machines worldwide. 🤔 Somehow always assumed they must have, considering how many years they're around.

[–] Jakor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I see those types of coffee packets in almost all hotels across the us, so they’re around but I’ve definitely never seen them outside of that.

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