Plastic and Styrofoam are cheaper.
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ms_lane@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoJust… why?
Surely it costs more than the cardboard, it’s not like egg cartons are made from quality board, it’s reconstituted ‘crap’ that’s just enough to hold together supporting a dozen eggs.
Spookyghost@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Venator@lemmy.nz 4 weeks ago
Maybe it allows them to stack more eggs on top of each other without shelves without as many breaking or something?
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Either that, or they just want microplastics in all our foods… 🤷♂️
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
OP here. Yeah, I don’t know why either, but it seems most eggs in my area come in these plastic/styrofoam cartons. Not in 2 packs like my post though, I cut that out of what was an 18 pack, as a wallet to protect my money, obviously.