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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If it's actually make out of polystyrene, I've read that is supposed to take 500 years like a lot of other plastics.

Many packing peanuts are biodegradable these days though, so it might not be actual styrofoam (polystyrene + air).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Those packing peanuts are made from corn and are basically edible.

Or if you wet them, they get sticky and you can stick them together to make stuff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My mum gave me those for toys as a kid, to make stuff like you described. Ate a fair few, am fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I think they're literally stale undusted cheetos.

I too have ate a few as an adult.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I think the new ones are made from potato starch