[eli5] Why does 99% of everything come in a plastic bag – but flour comes in a paper bag?

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[eli5] Why does 99% of everything come in a plastic bag – but flour comes in a paper bag?

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Probably has to do with ventilation. You don’t want to accidentally drop a drop of water into the flour and accidentally make bread that’s going to mold your entire bag of flour.

Depends on where you are though and what you buy. As a Swede, I’m absolutely horrified of how much plastic that some other countries use unnecessarily in their products… that often doesn’t even get recycled. Anyway, my point is that pretty much everything here that can come in better materials like paper, do. Not just flour.