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New York City Is Considering a Laundry Pods Crackdown: Laundry and dishwasher detergent pods made with polyvinyl alcohol, or PVA, contribute to plastics pollution in US waterways. (www.bloomberg.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/newyork

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[–] reddig33 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I always thought they were made from gelatin or something similarly biodegradable. Guess I won’t be buying any more pods.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Same here. Of course they're fucking plastic 😭

[–] TommySoda 10 points 8 months ago (3 children)

So much for "dissolving" in water, huh?

But for real every single time I used one of these I always ended up with a melted piece of plastic stuck to one of the pieces of clothes I washed. Stopped using them because of that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

i also thought they just dissolved...

this is still not as bad as "flushable wipes" that are rather explicitly not flushable. i still can't believe they are allowed to advertise/sell like that. (they claim it means it doesnt clog the toilet, which is technically true)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yep. It's really not a big deal to use liquid or powder detergent.

[–] TexasDrunk 1 points 8 months ago

Same. I started finding plastic melted to the side of my washing machine and stopped.

[–] capital 2 points 8 months ago

I’ve been pestering my wife that I want to switch back to powder for the dish washer and liquid for the clothes washer.

This will likely make me insist.