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TIL "Throwaway Living", a lifestyle of using single-use plastic items was promoted instead of cleaning up after. LIFE magazine (1955) - "The objects flying through the air would take 40 hours to clean, except that no housewife need bother. They are all meant to be thrown away after use."

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