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Originally Posted by Azure
Instead of banning single use plastics, perhaps we should find a way to recycle plastic better, develop more environmentally friendly plastic products, and encourage alternative wood / paper based products to replace plastic. Especially for items such as packaging.
But no, lets instead shame companies for not using paper straws.
I'd imagine a lot of our plastic pollution comes from all the junk we ship in from overseas.
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What would recycling a product made from oil do for GHG's? It is estimated that on its current trajectory, plastics will make up 20% of world oil demand by 2050. 16% of all plastics are currently recycled, the rest primarily burned. So you get the GHG's coming and going with this product. Organisms in the ocean act as carbon sinks but plastic garbage in the ocean significantly impedes their ability to reproduce and thus reduces their efficacy as a carbon sink. But yes, the issue is clearly about shaming companies to use plastic straws.