Canada Plans to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Joining Growing Global Movement

Re:Canada Plans to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Joining Growing ... by davidy123 on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @01:40PM (#20157637)

Restaurants already have requirements around those with special needs (including those with babies), requiring them to have a few washable stainless steel straws on hand is not much to ask. Granted, there may be slip-ups, those should be reported.

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Re:Canada Plans to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Joining Growing ... by tomjen3 on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @12:44PM (#20166581)

The problem is that some of the people with limited mobility also have limited ability not to chew on the straw (they can't control their jaws well enough). You chew on a plastic straw, that is not an issue. You bit down on steel...

Those people btw are the ones who most need them, because they typically also have too limited mobility to drink from a cup.

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Re:Canada Plans to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Joining Growing ... by davidy123 on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @03:05PM (#20168170)

That makes sense. I'm not going to say it should be dismissed due to its relative low incidence, but there has to be a better solution than a straw free for all everywhere.

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Re:Canada Plans to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Joining Growing ... by tomjen3 on Thursday June 13, 2019 @04:09AM (#20172702)

Well the solution is actually simple, just charge a deposit, then they will be reused.

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