Holiday
Plastic Tinsel Garland
2m PVC tinsel
42
g
Total plastic weight
PVC tinsel is the textbook example of one-season disposability.
0%
Recycle probability
500
Years to decompose
Material breakdown
2 components- PVC tinsel40g
- Paper core2g
Production footprint
Per unit126L
Water to produce
0.51kWh
Electricity to produce
Estimated upstream manufacturing footprint per unit, based on resin LCA averages.
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