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Originally Posted by Mull
Here in lines the problem, the plastic ban isn't about climate change, it is about plastic in the oceans with a GHG added on as an after thought. Yet, people assume this policy is driven by climate change actions, it isn't.
That said, I admit I didn't know other nations where implementing plastic bans, so thank you for that.
However, that is a false equivalency. Those nations are massively polluting our oceans and worldwide water ways. We have invested in mass garbage and recycling systems that society overwhelming buys into. We ARE doing our part with these investments. This isn't the GHG argument with climate change where first world nations who got rich of exploiting GHG get to turn their nose at nations trying to feed their populations. Us investing in proper garbage systems is doing our part by reducing waste that ends up in the oceans (edit as per Fuzz comment below- and work their way up through the food chains and into our bodies).
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To be fair, while western society has bought into recycling, we were generally sold a false narrative by the plastics industry. The majority of plastic products we use today cannot be recycled without significant dismemberment - and even then, we were selling it to poor countries to burn for decades.
Mixed plastics now make up the majority of consumable products - these are not recyclable
https://www.calgary.ca/waste/residen...blue-cart.html