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[–] YungOnions 9 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

One thing I do find nuts is that the poppys have only just moved to paper stems. Every year they'd be busy handing these things out only for the plastic stem and centre to end up in landfill. I bought one of the reusable metal brooch versions a while ago, and just wear that each year, but it's sad that the disposable nature of them wasn't taken into consideration when they were designed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought they were meant to be disposable so you'd buy anew each year?

[–] YungOnions 3 points 3 weeks ago

They are, but their stems and centre piece are plastic, which just ends up in landfill or litter. A reusable brooch is more environmentally friendly, but at least now they have paper stems and (im assuming) paper centre pieces so when they get thrown away they're not so bad.

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