Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/07/02/leftover-ramen-harming-mountain-ecosystem.html
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Food waste left along hiking trails is often a big deal because it doesn’t break down the way people think it will (even something as seemingly innocuous as a banana peel), but I hadn’t even considered the issue of salt. I greatly underestimate how much salt is in instant ramen (something I haven’t eaten since college), apparently.
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Food waste and general trash…
“You were strong enough to carry that [food/drink container] up the fucking mountain when it was full; now you’re too weak to carry it back down again when it’s empty? What is wrong with you?”
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Then send me to Korea cause this stupid American always drinks their broth 
(i pack out too 
)
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Instant ramen’s gonna get you
Going to look you right in the face
You better get yourself together
Come and join the human race
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I suppose it makes it difficult for plants too.
Alluring Crows and Weasels – album name.
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I can kind of understand that part with food waste, at least - the food went up the trail in a neat, packaged form (especially ramen), but to take it down would require some additional packaging that no one thinks ahead to carry. (Because it’s not trash, it’s food - it’s biodegradable!)
So are the people who do the littering.
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One request? Hikers should make their ramen with half the amount of liquid.
You might as well take a couple of broth cubes and suck on those…
I mean I thought the point of ramen was to drink the broth…but I guess if you don’t it explains why you can have it so salty and not any serious health issues from it.
Don’t even.
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/04/cup-noodles-smores-ramen-walmart
Cup Noodles adds new s’mores ramen for summer
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Me, neither.
These tourists are literally salting the earth.
Seems like the tourist bureau could come up with some pretty cool medieval PSAs for this issue.
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