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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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"Let's promote better, more environmentally sustainable products"
"paper straws?!? Everyone can burn on this rock before I taste paper again!"
The fact is, there are alternatives out there, companies do not have an actual incentive to use them; therefore, governments have stepped in to regulate them out.
Wooden and compostable products are already a thing.