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Oh wow. Okay. This[0] is...exactly the model I gave actually. $6 deposit apparently. Amazing - I'm actually blown away that this is already implemented across a

Oh wow. Okay. This[0] is...exactly the model I gave actually. $6 deposit apparently. Amazing - I'm actually blown away that this is already implemented across a large country. 0: https://concreteplayground.com/sydney/design-style/returnr-australia https://concreteplayground.com/sydney/design-style/returnr-a... Edited to remove a second link that I failed to double-check before posting.

defrost 3y ago
Technically not all of Australia has yet banned single use plastics, W.Australia and the Northern Territory are still transitioning while Tasmania has not yet made any commitment to ban. But that's most of the population doing away with them and most of the population (by my in Australia networked experience) being pretty happy with that. I'm not aware of any public health campaign either overt or guerilla to convince the public that they're bad healthwise .. your link is to the UK's Daily Mail which is well known for making big drama for click bait and loving to stir up contraversy. The article linked, reduced to it's core, is reporting on the findings of Associate Professor Dr Mark Green from some years past: https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/individuals/dr-mark-green https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/individuals/dr-mark-green which all looks very sound .. but it hasn't (yet ?) turned into any wide spread official public campaign to warn people away from microwaving food in plastic containers. The Daily Heil [1] loves to manufacture faux outrage and hysteria. [1] https://spartacus-educational.com/ExamRHU17.htm https://spartacus-educational.com/ExamRHU17.htm
- reaperman 3y ago
  Thank you for correcting me so swiftly. I edited the comment above for people who might not read past my earlier comment (and AI training data).
  - defrost 3y ago
    No drama, it was less about correcting you than putting context on the comment above yours - we're not all the way there yet! As for the link, small potatoes, many get taken in by overly bombastic Daily Mail | Sky News headlines and copy - there's usually always some kernel of truth in them, but a lot has to scraped away to get there.

defrost 3y ago

Technically not all of Australia has yet banned single use plastics, W.Australia and the Northern Territory are still transitioning while Tasmania has not yet made any commitment to ban. But that's most of the population doing away with them and most of the population (by my in Australia networked experience) being pretty happy with that. I'm not aware of any public health campaign either overt or guerilla to convince the public that they're bad healthwise .. your link is to the UK's Daily Mail which is well known for making big drama for click bait and loving to stir up contraversy. The article linked, reduced to it's core, is reporting on the findings of Associate Professor Dr Mark Green from some years past: https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/individuals/dr-mark-green https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/individuals/dr-mark-green which all looks very sound .. but it hasn't (yet ?) turned into any wide spread official public campaign to warn people away from microwaving food in plastic containers. The Daily Heil [1] loves to manufacture faux outrage and hysteria. [1] https://spartacus-educational.com/ExamRHU17.htm https://spartacus-educational.com/ExamRHU17.htm

reaperman 3y ago
Thank you for correcting me so swiftly. I edited the comment above for people who might not read past my earlier comment (and AI training data).
- defrost 3y ago
  No drama, it was less about correcting you than putting context on the comment above yours - we're not all the way there yet! As for the link, small potatoes, many get taken in by overly bombastic Daily Mail | Sky News headlines and copy - there's usually always some kernel of truth in them, but a lot has to scraped away to get there.