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> Preventing those cigarette butts from winding up on the ground in the first place would be the best option If we can outlaw plastic straws and bags we should
by kevin_thibedeau 2y ago
> Preventing those cigarette butts from winding up on the ground in the first place would be the best option
If we can outlaw plastic straws and bags we should outlaw plastic filters.
- riffraff 2y agoI don't think this would matter, cigarette butts would still be unpleasant even if they'd decompose, much like biodegradable bags are still bad to find around.
- manmal 2y agoThe problem biodegradable plastics solve is microplastic that accumulates in our bodies, ocean etc. People still have to dispose of them properly of course, because it can still take years for a whole bag to dissolve.
- b112 2y agoI thought most biodegradable plastic bags were just plastic bits, alternating with biodegradable bits, so the bags fall apart but the plastic still exists in little pieces?
- kevin_thibedeau 2y agoYou're describing post-consumer plastics which blend recycled content with virgin. Biodegradable plastics are not blends.
- b112 2y agoOK, fair enough... but isn't that the lion's share of "biodegradable" plastic? The reason I say that, is I can assure you it is marketed as such. That it "breaks down" in the environment. Which it does. Into little pieces. Quite annoying.