While neat, it still seems like poor stewardship. Rather than some easy cultivated fiber product you have to raise dairy cows and extract milk for a disposable plate. Seems like poor life cycle cost tally

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago

Probably more associated greenhouse gas emissions than the plastic one

[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago

Agreed, very quickly. So we can honestly say this idea aged like milk?

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 7 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

It is neat, and provides a backstop to prices and American dairy overproduction. It diversifies income streams for farmers, but yes at the cost of food. Remember the concerns of corn to ethanol. Food as fuel has human costs as does food as packaging.

Edit: and of course our plasticized environment is a total nightmare scenario.

[–] deafboy@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Couldn't we use some yeast or e-coli instead of cows?

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago

I would hope so, but no dairy alternative has seemed to replicate milk protein properly. But I'm sure there will be q day to replicate it almost exactly as it is.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 3 points 14 hours ago

There's already mushroom packaging, I can't imagine it would be much of a leap to plates.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I don't have an answer for the cost of life, but I have heard many times that milk and cheese is overly abundant in the USA.

I do agree that it should be much cheaper to use cellulose/plant composite for these things. The problem is sealing it.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 10 points 19 hours ago

Yes, dairy is cheap in the US, only due to government subsidy.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 1 points 10 hours ago

Milk based plastic was one of the first man made plastics produced back in 1890. Not 1980, 1890.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_plastic_development

[–] BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 6 points 17 hours ago

Soon to be adopted by BMW for their cooling systems?

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 6 points 18 hours ago

It's great to find alternatives to plastic, but could we focus on them not requiring animal products? Dairy cows live horrible lives (usually) and raising them is bad for the environment.

[–] Jokulhlaups@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

So now the plastic one can be marketed as vegan

[–] Usernamealreadyinuse@lemmy.world -1 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veganism

Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products and the consumption of animal source foods, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals

[–] smh@slrpnk.net 2 points 14 hours ago

I get you. The person you responded to talked about "the plastic one" and meant the old style non-milk plastic one, but the milk plastic one is also a "plastic one". It was a tad unclear.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 17 hours ago

i dont think you have good reading comprehension.