🙋🏽♀️I am of the Tupperware era, and NEVER went to one of their parties either! 😁 I have a different experience with "modern" plastic containers to yours ... unless I leave it out in the sun for years, or drop something heavy on the more brittle ones, all of my purchases have been used, reused, used again, taken on holiday or to the beach, stored in a drawer ready to fit the next need for a left-over cold storage according to quantity, or a re-heatable version for the microwave etc. And NONE of them are Tupperware 🤷🏾♀️
I now hate forever plastics & have started transitioning to glass (much heavier for carrying but useful for around home) & repurposing bio-degradable containers while understanding they won't last as long. But I won't throw out my older plastics as I believe giving them a long life of usage is less harmful than replacing them, as you rightly say.
🤔I do wonder if the fact I NEVER put my plastic containers in a dishwasher (don't have one now, but never did) & wash them with Sunlight soap & warm water, might slow degradation?
You’re definitely right about the dishwasher, though nothing seems to save modern clear plastic containers from tomato stains, even handwashing.
The microwave is another culprit I think, especially for the bubbling plastic around the areas where liquids get hottest. But I treat my click clacks the same as my old Tupperware, dishwasher and all, and it’s crazy really that the stuff I own was made before people even HAD dishwashers survives it better than anything I can buy now.
🙋🏽♀️I am of the Tupperware era, and NEVER went to one of their parties either! 😁 I have a different experience with "modern" plastic containers to yours ... unless I leave it out in the sun for years, or drop something heavy on the more brittle ones, all of my purchases have been used, reused, used again, taken on holiday or to the beach, stored in a drawer ready to fit the next need for a left-over cold storage according to quantity, or a re-heatable version for the microwave etc. And NONE of them are Tupperware 🤷🏾♀️
I now hate forever plastics & have started transitioning to glass (much heavier for carrying but useful for around home) & repurposing bio-degradable containers while understanding they won't last as long. But I won't throw out my older plastics as I believe giving them a long life of usage is less harmful than replacing them, as you rightly say.
🤔I do wonder if the fact I NEVER put my plastic containers in a dishwasher (don't have one now, but never did) & wash them with Sunlight soap & warm water, might slow degradation?
You’re definitely right about the dishwasher, though nothing seems to save modern clear plastic containers from tomato stains, even handwashing.
The microwave is another culprit I think, especially for the bubbling plastic around the areas where liquids get hottest. But I treat my click clacks the same as my old Tupperware, dishwasher and all, and it’s crazy really that the stuff I own was made before people even HAD dishwashers survives it better than anything I can buy now.