Originally Posted by
work4bike
The article says that the helmet is wax covered to make it waterproof, but in many cases these wax coverings make the paper/cardboard useless for recycling; my area will not recycle cardboard milk cartons.
I'm curious where they will get the paper to mass produce the helmets. How many trees are we talking here...?
Milk/juice containers don't contain wax fyi if you were suggesting that. It's a thin coating of plastic. My area accepts them for recycling but most areas don't. Haven't come across waxed cardboard since I worked at a grocery store a few years back. At the time we had to throw it away.