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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @kr OP 2 Feb \ parent \ on: How Bad Is Plastic? health

It'd have to be taxed probably and I'm not a fan of that. Biodegradable plastics probably the best option but that is largely theater. Most compostable plastic says it needs to be processed in an industrial facility and that's about as bad as plastic.

in canada they’ve already banned plastics in a number of places. i’ve definitely noticed that grocery stores are not allowed to give out plastic bags.

for a while i remember they all started charging a small tax (i think 10 cents or so), but now they offer paper bags or some other biodegradable version for $0.25 to $1.

i’m not sure if this was planned, but i wouldn’t be surprised if bags were the biggest source of profits for grocery stores up here

285 sats \ 2 replies \ @OriginalSize 2 Feb

Stores have to charge for bags here but I think they give the money to the county. We reuse the ones we still get for small trash cans.

I'd love to see evidence that all of this clutter, time and money has amounted to something.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr OP 2 Feb

I'd love to see evidence that all of this clutter, time and money has amounted to something

same 😅

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @justanumber 2 Feb

the banning of plastic shopping bags or making shoppers pay for them, plastic straws and the likes, pales into insignificance when you consider how many tonnes of single-use recycled plastic has been used since 2020 in the name of a pandemic (masks, PPE, plastic sheeting etc). It's staggering.