Tallow in plastics – why? (2016)

Post by kwhitefoot » Mon, Jan 02, 2023, 10:28 PM UTC

ccooffee wrote: post #9

This submission claims that "traditional banknotes which are based on special and expensive paper suffer from poor tear properties and they have limited life", and touts tallow-dependent plastics as a solution. US currency is made of a cotton-linen blend, so (pedantically) it is not paper. Per US Currency Education Program [1], "it would take 4000 double folds, forwards and backwards, to tear a banknote". Is this ins…

Post by ipsum2 » Mon, Jan 02, 2023, 10:30 PM UTC

Post by giantg2 » Mon, Jan 02, 2023, 10:32 PM UTC

analog31 wrote: post #8

Perhaps the main thing about tallow is that there's a glut of it, likewise lard. People want more and more meat, but want it to be leaner, creating a surplus of tallow. Also, its use in deep fryers, e.g., by the fast food industry, was curtailed when vegetable oil became preferable in the market. A relative of mine worked in a chemical factory in Detroit, that made lubricants for metal working. Many of them were eith…

Post by c7DJTLrn » Mon, Jan 02, 2023, 10:41 PM UTC

mattkevan wrote: post #12

Our cat goes nuts for some plastic bags - licking and licking them like they’re the best thing ever. Granted he’s a little weirdo, but I looked into in on the off chance there was something wrong with him or the plastics could be harmful, but the only thing I could come up with was that some bags have more tallow in them than others and that was what he was reacting to. So, therefore, tallow in plastic = tasty for ca…

Post by krisoft » Mon, Jan 02, 2023, 10:44 PM UTC

andylynch wrote: post #2

This piece avoids mentioning why it was written- around this time, it came to light that new UK bank notes contain beef tallow so are problematic for Hindu and vegan people who rightly have problems with these replacing old paper notes.