Rubber wood

Most of today's trainers use rubber bands to attach the wings to the fuselage. Please, Please, PLEASE use at least 12-14 rubber bands when attaching the wing and ALWAYS CUT UP and THROW AWAY the rubber bands after each flying session. A few flyers at our field recycle rubber bands by placing them in a baggie filled with corn starch, IMO this is almost asking for trouble. The rubber misrepresents an aircraft within an expensive diet. Not only does fuel oil deteriorate the bands, but the UV rays from the sun breaks the rubber down as well, while the corn starch could remove the oil, it will do nothing to reverse the sun's damage. Rubber bands are cheap, planes are not!