Dammit, it had to be the only good floss.

Do you have experience with Goretex alternatives? Are there any you would recommend that are also as durable as Goretex?

I think my Patagonia H2No ski pants have been good, but I definitely notice a durability and long-term degradation.

I'd love to start replacing decade+ old Goretex gear with something more environmentally friendly.

Not everything can be or needs to be biodegradable.

We don't need biodegradable houses. The wires we use in all of our electronics can't be biodegradable.

But- we can find ways to recycle those materials.

So I would say that the thing to say is that biodegradable or recyclable everything is usually better. Even then, though, some things don't fit those categories. There are all sorts of medical things that get implanted in human bodies (stents, for example) that can't be biodegradable and also won't be recycled unless we really change the way we think of our dead relatives.

Well paper straws could be a bit more sturdy.