- Dec 11, 2020
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But plastic just won't do.QQP_Purple I have a problem here!.
I live in a plastic society, Plastic credit cards, plastic bottles, plastic bags, and plastic boxes!.
Cardboard's getting really hard to find lately!.
The material characteristics of plastics are completely inadequate for this application. It's relative flexibility and propensity to form large cracks instead of crumpling softly will ensure that pressure is transferred to the contents in a way that significantly reduces the compression ratio. Worse still having the compression container being of a material similar to the compressed mass is going to massively complicate the decompression process.
Cardboard or hard paper are really your only options.
EDIT: Actually I think you could potentially get away with wrapping the whole thing in plastic bags and tying it off. But I have NOT tested this. So do it at your own risk.