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People consider it a shocking or impossible policy to ban single use plastics, but future generations will look back on plastics the same way we do at lead pain
by mjamesaustin 3y ago
People consider it a shocking or impossible policy to ban single use plastics, but future generations will look back on plastics the same way we do at lead paint or asbestos. We're poisoning ourselves and our planet.
- NovaDudely 3y agoAbsolutely! Many think we are smarter than previous generations but just looking around and all the weird stuff we produce, I think we are just as stupid it will just take a few generations to realize it.
- julianfester 3y ago> future generations will look back on plastics the same way we do at lead paint or asbestos Only if there is an alternative, which doesn't exist at the moment. And no, plastics are way less dangerous than lead point or asbestos, its main problem is its sheer quantity.
- Gigachad 3y agoMy city banned single use plastics ages ago. Plastic bags banned over a decade ago now. Plastic cutlery and containers banned in 2020. People freak out at the start and complain but no one cares and life continues on. Personally I bring my own bags to the supermarket since the paper ones are a bit annoying, but its trivial to just stuff one in my pocket before I leave.
- veave 3y ago>People freak out at the start and complain but no one cares and life continues on. And what are we supposed to do against this, raise in arms? In my country we have two big parties but they are in cahoots (practically have the same progressive opinions on everything) so we can't even vote to have these authoritarian policies removed. There obviously are other parties but it would take something big, or reaching a tipping point, to break this cycle. It's not as easy as "no one cares". Many of us care but are powerless.
- one_level_deep 3y ago[dead]
- JackMorgan 3y agoDo you consider single use plastic bans to be excessive and authoritarian?
- veave 3y agoI consider the government interfering in commerce to be authoritarian, correct.
- wing-_-nuts 3y agoThen this world must be difficult for you. May I suggest relocating to Somalia or another failed state?
- veave 3y agoSomalia is a shithole, but the problems of Somalia are not caused by free commerce.
- youngNed 3y agoLead Paint
- JackMorgan 3y agoDo you think single use plastics are a net positive for society?
- veave 3y agoThey evidently are. They are useful, convenient, and cheap.
- flavius29663 3y ago> Plastic cutlery and containers banned What did they replace takeout containers with? Where I live, they replaced them with "paper" containers that are lined with teflon...
- rapunkill 3y agoHere they replaced them with "reusable" plastic containers like these https://a.co/d/ekoVN0G https://a.co/d/ekoVN0G ... and wooden cutlery
- marcosdumay 3y agoYeah, every place I look people that decided to replace single-use plastic either goes for plastic-coated paper or "reusable" plastic that is thrown away after use. But are a big net loss for any reason you can have to the ban. If you make an awareness campaign, people will replace a lot of it with glass, metal, or plastic that actually gets reused. But they keep using a lot of single-use things. If you out-right ban them, people go directly to what can out-right replace them, and it's always those things.
- cubefox 3y ago> My city banned single use plastics ages ago. So what is the food from the supermarket packaged in? I assume mostly in single use plastics.
- nness 3y agoNot OP but increasingly cardboard with minimal plastic for lids or seals. Unfortunately few biodegradable products.
- sheepybloke 3y agoI liked what San Jose did and turned single-use items to request only. It's amazing how little changes like that can be so impactful, where we switch from default include to default ask.
- local_crmdgeon 3y agoI'm not that old and I remember a world that wasn't all single use plastics. Paper bags at the supermarket, food came in glass or butcher paper, that kind of thing. We got along fine.