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HavartiBob t1_irkor1d wrote

My god. That’s nearly a kilometre.

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yParticle t1_irkpqv6 wrote

That commercial grade cling film is so much better than even the same company's retail Reynolds Wrap that it's not even funny.

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DarkGreenSedai t1_irkrufa wrote

I have a box from 2008 that I may be a third of the way through. I salute you.

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SneauPhlaiche t1_irksucl wrote

I just finished one like this a few weeks ago! I took a picture and sent it to my now adult daughter. It’s so funny we aren’t the only ones! My box had a good bit of duct tape on it though.

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ImGeniusBro t1_irktcm8 wrote

If this can last 26 years I have full faith in my Costco sized box of condoms lasting me till I die.

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-Ripper2 t1_irku7ko wrote

Is it me, or is that a lot of plastic wrap?

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pandts t1_irkunsv wrote

Dang I had a regular sized box that survived 8 years and as many moves and I thought that was a lot, but this is 🙌🏻

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Agling t1_irkylx2 wrote

Gotta love Sams Club.

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Verity41 t1_irkyw5i wrote

Holy cow. I don’t know where Grottoes, Virginia is, but this empty box should have a little shrine in the town square there.

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GraniteMtn t1_irl0pwf wrote

What was the diameter of the original roll? If you were to use 1 ft/day, that would still last you over 8 years. I'd feel sad tossing out the box after having it around for 26 years.

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myalwaysthrowaway t1_irl0v7u wrote

I have a 1,000ft aluminum foil box I got from work and I doubt we ever use it all.

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BookofBryce t1_irl4d29 wrote

Is it like the boxes they use in restaurant kitchens? I loved having that little sliding slicer on the edge to perfectly cut a sheet next to whatever needed saving.

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marc1000 t1_irla419 wrote

Love how the box has English, Spanish and French. You don’t see that anymore.

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Supercalifragi1istic t1_irldqyz wrote

Costco makes a Kirkland version of this I “think” made my Reynolds. It’s baking sheet sized and I bought it years ago. They still carry it, but I’ve only found it at the Costco “Business Center” which is at the Hawthorne CA location. Seriously, it’s lasted me years and I do a lot of cooking/baking - YMMV.

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sleepy_xia t1_irldzc4 wrote

lol I’ve got one that’s at least 12 years old

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dogmom3010 t1_irlftay wrote

Replying to Agling (#61,193)

Or similar whole sale stores….Costco and BJ’s are the only others I know exist, personally. Wouldn’t be shocked if Tesco across the pond also has a similar product!

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Zelenskyystesticles t1_irlhm5c wrote

One of the few things that supersedes the meaning of this sub because this plastic will continue to exist for all our lives

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nashrome t1_irlhzno wrote

My SIL has already claimed her mother's plastic wrap upon my MIL's death. It's serious business among siblings!

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JDubStep t1_irlie5y wrote

Is this from before or after they discovered one of the materials was toxic?

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Avesa t1_irlji4d wrote

That absolutely-without-a-doubt contains toxic/carcinogenic chemicals that are not allowed to be in consumer products anymore.

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coole106 t1_irljses wrote

Damn I thought it was impressive that it took me 5 years to get through a Costco sized roll of foil

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quilterlibrarian t1_irlmk7i wrote

So what you're saying is we should all send you a box. Gotcha.

Ya know, cause you're out.

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Kurtskee t1_irlmsvk wrote

Oh I’m sorry, last I checked this isn’t the BuyItFor26YearsSub /s…but seriously that’s very impressive

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woolgathering_futz t1_irlvg9d wrote

How much single use plastic? Damn right it's built for life, that shit is going to polute this planet long after we're all gone.

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Carma-Erynna t1_irlvl59 wrote

Replying to JDubStep (#61,859)

This was from before. Or at least before they changed the formula for that reason. So they’ve been enjoying all that toxic, ACTUAL clinginess this whole time, something like 20 years after they changed the formula. OP is going to be PISSED when they buy another roll and it doesn’t stick to diddly squat! Pretty sure that’s why they wound up coming out with Press n’ Seal wrap.

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Ima_Funt_Case t1_irlyfrj wrote

"Do not catch if dropped."

I have to wonder how many instances lead to this warning on the box.

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90sRobot t1_irlzjd9 wrote

Just think, that very first tear is still our there somewhere, floating around the ocean

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PM_ME_GENTIANS t1_irm1z2f wrote

Replying to woolgathering_futz (#62,224)

Maybe 3kg for the full roll? In which case that's similar emissions-wise to ~300g of beef, or driving 100 km. Though spread over so many decades it's pretty insignificant compared to all the other pollution we emit.

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PM_ME_GENTIANS t1_irm260u wrote

Replying to 90sRobot (#62,320)

If it's the old pvc based stuff then it should sink, looking a lot like a jellyfish as it does. So it probably wouldn't been eaten a few times by now. Unless it went to a properly capped landfill, which was probably fairly common in 1996 in the US, in which case it's still there and maybe still usable.

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woolgathering_futz t1_irm49px wrote

Replying to PM_ME_GENTIANS (#62,373)

And it's such a shame that so many people apply this justification when there are so many alternatives that would impact even less.

The amount of single use plastics going into landfill and the ocean is just depressing and in so many applications simply unnecessary, it's just lazy.

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Inaudible_Whale t1_irm4vkp wrote

Replying to Carma-Erynna (#62,228)

How toxic was this stuff? Like, 'omg, if you've ever wrapped your food in this you're gonna die tomorrow'? Or more 'if you've used this 100 times in your life, your chances of getting cancer increase 0.00001%'?

I did notice that cling film was nowhere near as sticky as it used to be when I was a kid but didn't think much of it.

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Flossthief t1_irm5wlc wrote

I used to use a couple of these a week working in a meat shop

What's with the weird warnings though

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ponzidreamer t1_irm7hb9 wrote

That’s crazy! That’s older than my mom!!

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cloud_t t1_irm9b3n wrote

European here. Can someone explain the "no store above waist" and "no pick up if dropped" warnings? They don't make ANY sense without proper context. Isn't this just like, a roll of plastic film inside for wrapping sandwiches and whatnot? Why would you need to heed those warnings?!

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OtterAutisticBadger t1_irm9dpb wrote

i worked in a warehouse and used 2-3 of these bad boys EVERY DAY

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Clearandblue t1_irmb28n wrote

Replying to seklerek (#62,625)

Does in sunlight. UV tends to break down most plastic and I can't see plastic wrap being particularly UV resistant as it has no need to be. Normally. If you're not keeping it for 20+ years.

Edit: sorry, to be clear I just meant it would degrade by breaking down into tiny pieces. Not trying to say it is biodegradable or anything. Just that it'll go brittle and turn to dust if too much UV gets to it.

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Kirschkernkissen t1_irme7v5 wrote

Replying to Inaudible_Whale (#62,473)

It's Phthalates /Plasticisers which are the problem. Prolonged expose (like wrapping your food daily in it, especially covering anythig warm or worse warm and fatty) will leech stuff like BPA (or the now legal BPS, which is the same stuff) out in a short while. Consuming plasticiers will within a couple months or max years (the younger you are, the worse) lead to estrogen-like effects, maning bitch tits on teenage boys, lowered sperm count s well as full blown infertility, weight gain and all around fucked up endocrine system rsulting in other hormornal problems. Many affcted simply are already fat and don't thing anything about their gyno or why they feel so groogy and depressed.

The sad thing is, while we outlawed most out of our food chain, we just recently found out that prcatically ALL plastics have similar health outcomes. If you have kids or want any your best bet is to stick to glass or stainless steel click and lock boxes for food storage.

“Almost all plastics leach endocrine disrupting chemicals, BPA-free onces partly even more” >Results: Almost all commercially available plastic products we sampled—independent of the type of resin, product, or retail source—leached chemicals having reliably detectable EA, including those advertised as BPA free. In some cases, BPA-free products released chemicals having more EA than did BPA-containing products. >Conclusions: Many plastic products are mischaracterized as being EA free if extracted with only one solvent and not exposed to common-use stresses. However, we can identify existing compounds, or have developed, monomers, additives, or processing agents that have no detectable EA and have similar costs. Hence, our data suggest that EA-free plastic products exposed to common-use stresses and extracted by saline and ethanol solvents could be cost-effectively made on a commercial scale and thereby eliminate a potential health risk posed by most currently available plastic products that leach chemicals having EA into food products. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222987/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190514112629/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222987/

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Clearandblue t1_irmg9tj wrote

Replying to Childhood_Charming (#62,868)

Ha not necessarily. We could also eat it if it gets into the soil. Or drink it if it gets into the water. The reason I know is because I once left a roll of shrink wrap (the kind you'd use to wrap up luggage or boxes) down the side of my shed for a summer by accident. After the tail end of a British summer that thing was disintegrating in my hands. Had to be careful to dispose of it without just spreading it.

That wrap was more heavy duty than the kitchen stuff. It had been left in partial sun down the side of my shed and it had only been subject to a few months of British summer. Where even the direct UV index would never really exceed 7. Let alone partial shade.

So it made me realise how quickly plastic wrap can degrade in UV. You can get special stuff that's more UV resistant but it costs a lot of money. Even then you'd be lucky to exceed 7 years I think.

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JackBNimble33 t1_irmior0 wrote

I’m from Virginia and even I had no idea where the hell Grottoes is.

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blaireau69 t1_irmiwte wrote

I'm just gonna stare at it for a while, blank expression on my face...

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GKnives t1_irmk68n wrote

Replying to jetsamrover (#62,059)

Wikipedia doesnt show much to hint towards innate health risk. The main thing is chlorine content, which is a problem for food products because if you get chlorinated plastics hot they produce hydrochloric acid.

It does need to get beyond temps you'd aim for (125c) but I'm sure you can imagine people forgetting to remove cling film when reheating a casserole

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Lylac_Krazy t1_irmkla9 wrote

sheesh, was that before they changed the formula to a more environmentally friendly, less sticky stuff?

If so, i'm jealous. That stuff worked great.

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hoopynhartch t1_irmlext wrote

My dad bought plastic wrap every time he left the house🤣 He passed in 2005. We used the last of it in 2019, they year my mom passed! I think he wanted to make sure she never ran out🥰

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cswain56 t1_irmnna8 wrote

I had the same box in my parents' house when I was a kid! That plastic wrap lasted my entire childhood. And then one day a few years after I moved out, I was visiting and noticed that my parents had a new smaller roll, it was awful. I felt such a weird sense of loss.

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Environmental-Joke19 t1_irmoqxk wrote

Just saw a tik tok from someone else with a very similar looking roll they just finished after 15 years, is this a conspiracy?

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dagui12 t1_irmp9pz wrote

You’ve been using that for two years longer than I’ve been alive! Wild!

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pkc0987 t1_irmpfz9 wrote

Replying to HavartiBob (#60,875)

I used to work in an extrusion plant and make this. One role would be 20km+ long and take a couple of people to get it on and off the pallet truck to weight it!

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AdramelechTheDreamer t1_irmph2y wrote

Replying to SneauPhlaiche (#61,010)

I had one from September ‘92 that I finished last year. Mine was only 2000ft long though. Inherited it from my grandma. I’ve literally only bought one or two rolls of plastic wrap in my life. One before and one after the big roll.

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ronwharton t1_irmq35a wrote

I got in this habit of writing dates on items to see how long they last. Seeing items in my pantry with dates from 2 years ago feels odd, I can't imagine ones from 25+ years ago.

-Ron Wharton

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fuckondeeeeeeeeznuts t1_irmqezt wrote

Replying to DarkGreenSedai (#60,970)

We wrapped several pieces of furniture multiple times and didn't even come close to depleting it. Must have used a few hundred feet easily, then realized can't be anywhere near 3000.

I propose using a few hundred feet if we catch the kid who poops in the neighborhood pool. Wrap him to a light pole.

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BreakfastHarvey t1_irmqyr3 wrote

Heyyyy haha my mom said she just ran out of hers that she bought when I was born.

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MSH24 t1_irmsmdr wrote

Same here, used one from 1983 for about 20 years. It was so odd having to buy cling wrap after we ran out. Edit: oh great, now I'm reading how toxic the older saran wrap must have been.

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XchrisZ t1_irmsq4h wrote

Should of bought 4 you'd have a lifetime supply

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DrFultz t1_irmu2aq wrote

You are in for sticker shock when you go to replace it!

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DrFultz t1_irmu3z8 wrote

You are in for sticker shock when you go to replace it!

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TheBottleRed t1_irmuprx wrote

We had the same one! I think my mom used the last of it a few years ago

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mark5hs t1_irmx28l wrote

Wtf even is this sub anymore

Large package of single use material = bifl apparently...

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Gloglibologna t1_irn0jna wrote

Go through a box like this in a kitchen in no time. Crazy to see the differnce between using it at home vs in a professional kitchen

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specialtycoffeemaker t1_irn16pq wrote

Someone I know served a dinner party for Mrs. Reynolds (at a restaurant) and the lady tried to leave without tipping.

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theo_sontag t1_irn32i8 wrote

In 1996 I stole a 3000 food roll of plastic wrap from the K-Cafe at the Kmart I worked at, and we used it to wrap cars and detached garages as a high school prank. Maybe these two rolls knew each other.

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xder345 t1_irn54f1 wrote

That’s abnormally low use. Our last 3000ft roll lasted us about 5 years.

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knitrex t1_irn74rn wrote

When my mom died a few years ago she still had some plastic wrap and aluminum foil from the 90's.

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3threat t1_irn85zl wrote

Had one of those from Costco as a kid. I think I was in illegal when we used the last bit. Lasted 20 years and three houses. Lol.

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brihamedit t1_irn92wu wrote

I would be worried about the plastic becoming too old and leaking into food.

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lmkiser t1_irn9wn1 wrote

This was most likely produced in the plastic plant in Grottoes that now operates under the name Pactiv.

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cadotmolin t1_irn9yh9 wrote

I'm probably going to be crucified for this, but, how is this relevant to the sub. I mean compare a bag of XL 3ply toilet-paper to a pair of Carhartt's. It just doesn't make sense even if you stretch that roll for 30 years.

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Tootsgaloots t1_irnehja wrote

Unless you buy another 3000ft roll, it's gonna feel really annoying to be buying new rolls every couple/few months, lol.

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pkc0987 t1_irngszt wrote

Replying to DurinsBane1 (#64,041)

Thickness was generally inversely proportional to speed; if you wanted something thick enough to make body bags it ran really slow; if you want super thin like this you have the output low and the speed high. From what I can remember anyway, was 20+ years ago!

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Raymer13 t1_irnkwxw wrote

We had the same box!!! It was from one of our first trips to Sams club. My Mom used ours up a couple years back.

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valerie0taxpayer t1_irnlvrl wrote

Woah. Sounds weird but I think it’s crazy to think that because the internet was fresh back then, companies probably didn’t have their website linked on the box.

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justmerriwether t1_irnrem5 wrote

I love how the bottom is covered with safety guidelines for not getting crushed by this absolute unit of a Saran Wrap box

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shotintheheadguy t1_irnrwcx wrote

I used to walk by that factory every day in Shockoe Bottom, RVA

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jennthern t1_irnswxv wrote

I wonder how much it cost back in 1996.

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Thinkwronger12 t1_irnt9d5 wrote

I shoulda grabbed one of these before I quit working in a grocery store bakery-closest thing I could get to a retirement plan in that hellhole.

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Kangabolic t1_irnu4k6 wrote

Sooo… Not Buy it for Life then?

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ngram11 t1_irnudyd wrote

Holy shit we had the exact same roll in my parents house with 5 kids from around that time. Lasted until a few years ago

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darth_faader t1_iro08bj wrote

It's possible that's from 96, but that's not how copyright dates work.

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Raspberries2 t1_iro14ow wrote

You’re getting around 50 years to the mile, nice.

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Denimiaa t1_iro17hr wrote

Wow. I would be opening up some champagne. Had one for years, all broken up but refused to waste it.

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SavantEtUn t1_irodfjl wrote

I’d reuse the box honestly

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vegsmashed t1_irogaq3 wrote

Ah, when it was as toxic as it got they found out how horrible endocrine disrupters were around 1999. Wish you guys the best health wise.

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Trex4444 t1_iroo2t0 wrote

Lol that lasts me 6 months

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who-are-u t1_iror2nb wrote

Replying to xder345 (#64,112)

Finally someone like me. I buy the 2500ft roll from Costco and it usually last around 4 years at most. I do a lot of baking in the kitchen so that helps.

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julesveritas t1_irovjyr wrote

I think a giant roll of plastic wrap misses the point of BIFL.

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meggiefrances87 t1_iroxwrn wrote

I inherited my grandma's that was bought around the same time. Still quite a bit in it!

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DandelionsAreFlowers t1_iroy8aq wrote

I recognize that roll. I think we finished ours about 3 years ago. I wish the replacement was as good. 😆

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zmb6969 t1_irozxg0 wrote

Damn that’s as old as me

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elykittytee t1_irp3yfj wrote

Keep the slidey blade! They don't sell the big boxes with the blade sometimes.

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spunkycatnip t1_irustws wrote

if you go to replace it check estate sales, I hardly ever have to pay full price for new foil or cling wrap. to be honest I barely use cling wrap except specific dishes.

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PM_ME_GENTIANS t1_is4be6g wrote

Replying to Fruitndveg (#62,586)

No, but the most pressing problem is still the carbon emissions, especially in a situation where the waste goes into a capped landfill like the above, as opposed to if it were in a country with uncovered landfills or high levels of material being "lost" to nature on the way to a landfill.

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ativanskank t1_ite9yzs wrote

same thing over at our house, i’m 19 years old and have been using the same roll of saran wrap my entire life

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Thunderisland32 t1_iu3p5yk wrote

So they now use a different material for plastic wrap that no longer “clings”. I think you will be disappointed in the next roll you purchase. It’s supposed to be better for the planet though.

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