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Banning plastic straws and plastic bags wasn't to combat climate change, the bans were created because those single-use plastics were overwhelming municipal gar
by dleslie 5y ago
Banning plastic straws and plastic bags wasn't to combat climate change, the bans were created because those single-use plastics were overwhelming municipal garbage disposal systems. And then foreign states stop buying it to recycle.
- 908B64B197 5y ago> And then foreign states stop buying it to recycle. It was never recycled. Pretty much always was systematically illegally dumped into the ocean.
- dleslie 5y agoWell, yah. Recycling has always been something between an unfulfilled hope and an outright sham. Reduce and Reuse were always the most important components of the trifecta.
- 908B64B197 5y agoI would still like to see a push toward cellulose and wax replacing single use plastic.
- mc32 5y agoIt’s still nonsense because the volume created by these things is minuscule. All it is is Greta feel-good bullshit. Household goods, transport packaging, industrial uses those account for the majority of plastics by mass. Yeah sure, 100 billion plastic straws sounds like a lot, but it’s nothing compared to the main culprits.
- dleslie 5y agoIt was a large enough problem to cause an international diplomatic dispute between Canada and the Philippines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93Philippines_waste_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93Philippines_was...