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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days 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).

[–] ch00f 2 points 3 days 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.

[–] Droggelbecher 1 points 2 days 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.

[–] ch00f 1 points 1 day ago

I think they're literally stale undusted cheetos.

I too have ate a few as an adult.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I think the new ones are made from potato starch