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Bernardo de La Paz

(58,224 posts)

1. I keep a cotton face mask in my backpocket whenever I go out

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Mon Sep 8, 2025, 12:44 PM

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Cheap disposable stuff of all kinds tends to be expensive in the long run and then there are the environmental costs to resource extraction (oil), manufacture (water/air pollution), transportation (CO2), and use (microplastics, forever chems). I use re-usable containers instead of plastic wrap.

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