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>reduce use of plastics by eliminating single-use plastic wherever possible In favor of what? Paper or bamboo fiber? Europe has no trees, where will they get i
by hammock 4y ago
>reduce use of plastics by eliminating single-use plastic wherever possible
In favor of what? Paper or bamboo fiber? Europe has no trees, where will they get it from? How do you suppose it will be transported?
- merry_flame 4y agoEurope has no trees? Are you joking? This is ChatGPT-level hallucination stated with ChatGPT-level confidence. On a side note, a few European firms manufacture single-use plates and cutlery from agricultural waste (wheat bran). Really good products, and even edible and, frankly, quite tasty (not that you'd want to take more than a nibble as they're 100% fibre).
- hgomersall 4y agoHow about in favour of people getting their fruit and veg not wrapped in superfluous anything. You're really asking the wrong question here. And yes, most of our copious quantities of fruit and veg comes without wrapping.
- thomasjb 4y agoThere's plenty of natural fibre based alternatives for a significant portion of plastic usage, otherwise reusable glass, ceramic, metal and wooden containers can fill a need, and be locally produced. Trees can be farmed, and I would like to see pollarding and coppicing used for paper manufacture