During Covid (I'm a key worker so had to keep going to work) I started to take a small flask of coffee to work each morning and supplies to make more. I'll make a further couple during the day...the coffee is to my taste and saves time and money during the day โ
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So you are telling me that you found the idea of using disposable plastic wrap instead of reusable zipbags revolutionairy? Huh, seems like a step back to me.
If you knew the absurd amounts of plastic wrap every restaurant goes through, you'd see the metre or 2 that this guy goes through a month for personal use is of negligable impact.
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