• acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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      5 months ago

      Wax paper isn’t recyclable and putting paraffin in landfills isn’t great. Regular brown paper in a freshly made local bakery is quite fine, though.

    • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      6 months ago

      Your local neighborhood bakery almost certainly still uses wax paper instead of bags. I don’t eat much bread these days, but when I do I always just walk down to the bakery and pick out a loaf. It’s a million times better than the sugary stuff full of preservatives at the grocery store.

      • Dave@lemmy.nz
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        6 months ago

        Would it be actual wax paper? These days it could just as likely be coated with plastic rather than wax, as the plastic coatings do the same thing and are cheaper.

        I’ve just spent a while searching and can’t find any reliable way to tell whether paper is wax coated, oil coated, plastic coated, or silicone coated.