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There was a brief push for "keep cups" that seemed to have growing momentum ~2019, but that came to a halt with COVID and it seems isn't coming back any time so
by taberiand 4y ago
There was a brief push for "keep cups" that seemed to have growing momentum ~2019, but that came to a halt with COVID and it seems isn't coming back any time soon.
I think the fundamental problem is plastic is cheap and companies have zero need to factor in the environmental costs. It's pointless to blame the consumer for buying something that they can afford, these products that do terrible damage to the environment need to be made unaffordable through taxes on the companies producing them.
- DoingIsLearning 4y agoIndeed perhaps my wording wasn't explicit but by "ban these disposables" I meant ban/regulate them out of the market through governmental policy. Consumer sentiment alone will never make a significant impact.
- xdfgh1112 4y agoYou still get a discount for bringing your own cups to coffee shops, in the UK at least!
- wildrhythms 4y agoIn the U.S. it's a per-store basis, and often they won't give you a discount unless you're using their own brand of bowl/mug/whatever which itself is often plastic and probably leeching chemicals into the food every time they refill it.
- bitxbitxbitcoin 4y agoLeaching, technically, not leeching.
- aperson_hello 4y agoThat and the Boogeyman of food safety liability.
- kjkjadksj 4y agoGod forbid you get a drop of spit on another thing, in the coffee shop where everyone spews drops of spit everywhere when they order anything at all