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Thailand just banned disposable plastic bags... and the Thai seem to have totally embraced the decision: https://www.boredpanda.com/unusual-ways-people-dealing

Thailand just banned disposable plastic bags... and the Thai seem to have totally embraced the decision: https://www.boredpanda.com/unusual-ways-people-dealing-plastic-bag-ban-thailand/ https://www.boredpanda.com/unusual-ways-people-dealing-plast... https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/plastics/majority-of-thais-support-single-use-plastic-bag-ban https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/plastics/majority-of-thais-s... As far as the U.K is concerned: it will off the use of plastic straws, cotton buds and drink stirrers in april 2020: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/22/england-plastic-straws-ban https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/22/england-... Following a complete ban adopted by the European Parliament in 2018 which will be implemented across all members of the union: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/24/european-parliament-approves-ban-on-single-use-plastics-uk-eu-brexit https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/24/european... Seems like politicians do have balls to tackle the problem. Sadly, we lost so much time over the past decades when everyone knew that this was a problem.

esotericn 7y ago
None of those items are packaging. Carrier bags are optionally taken by individuals. Most of my household waste and that of those around me is endless plastic trays, cling films, bottles from tiny package sizes with high surface area etc. Even if it's not polluting it's annoying because it takes up so much space unnecessarily. I'd rather go to the store with a bottle and fill it. That's what is not being addressed. Most people can just stop using straws. Buying food without OTT packaging for most means going to a different town which has a hippie health foods store with bins or whatever and paying over the odds.

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Thailand just banned disposable plastic bags... and the Thai seem to have totally embraced the decision: https://www.boredpanda.com/unusual-ways-people-dealing

by CaptArmchair 7y ago

esotericn 7y ago
None of those items are packaging. Carrier bags are optionally taken by individuals. Most of my household waste and that of those around me is endless plastic trays, cling films, bottles from tiny package sizes with high surface area etc. Even if it's not polluting it's annoying because it takes up so much space unnecessarily. I'd rather go to the store with a bottle and fill it. That's what is not being addressed. Most people can just stop using straws. Buying food without OTT packaging for most means going to a different town which has a hippie health foods store with bins or whatever and paying over the odds.