GoodHumans Guidelines:Buy eggs in cardboard flats.

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Buy eggs in cardboard flats.

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Created by: yirthaisa on 2004-04-01 07:33:30
Last modified by: yirthaisa on 2004-04-01 07:33:30

Summary: The cardboard "flats" used in egg packaging are made of recycled newspaper, they are recyclable and biodegrade quickly while polystyrene (styrofoam) takes lifetimes to biodegrade and it produces harmful chemical buyproducts when it does.

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0 points - I buy my eggs in whatever container they come in and I don't really care if my decision adversely affects the environment.	5 points - I buy my eggs in whatever container they come in.	25 points - I don't intend to buy styrofoam but I don't make my egg purchases based on that.
50 points - I am aware that styrofoam is	95 points - I always purchase eggs in cardboard	100 points - I get my eggs fresh from the hen which doesn't require any packaging.