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"Plastic bans work. Billions of plastic bags were avoided in the US alone" - but wait, there's more!

submitted by v0atmage to ClimateChangeSkeptic 2 monthsFeb 4, 2024 20:24:10 ago (+7/-1)     (archive.is)

https://archive.is/42wCA

It turns out banning plastic bags at the grocery story doesn't reduce the amount of plastic consumed at all because people just find other sources for plastic:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/25/new-jersey-plastic-bag-ban-study/72354533007/

Not to mention that paper bags contain toxic "forever chemicals":

https://weather.com/en-IN/india/health/news/2023-04-03-paper-bags-compostable-food-packages-contain-toxic-forever-chemicals




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[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry 4 points 2 monthsFeb 4, 2024 20:34:34 ago (+4/-0)

The county I live in banned plastic straws because sea turtles and shit. It's fuckin stupid.

I work at a restaurant, well a deli really. Boomers ask me for straws a lot. Usually it just ends when I say we ain't got none, but every once in a while they ask why not. You have no idea how much pleasure I take in telling them "we're trying to teach people how to drink from a big boy cup like an adult"

I don't agree with the ban on straws. If someone gets butthurt about not having a straw I'm gonna mock them.

[ - ] UncleDoug 2 points 2 monthsFeb 5, 2024 03:56:30 ago (+2/-0)

Now they are also cutting down all the trees and ignoring an entire industry of bio-plastics that are biodegradable made from agar, seaweed, avocado seeds, etc.

Absolute clown world run by brainlets, paedos and petty swindlers. The best and brightest are not at the helm, the scumbags, jews and mongoloids are running the asylum.

[ - ] deleted 1 point 2 monthsFeb 5, 2024 09:13:44 ago (+1/-0)

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