Re:60% of home compostable plastic doesn’t fully break down,...
by DoingIsLearning on Saturday November 05, 2022 @03:27AM
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Indeed perhaps my wording wasn't explicit but by "ban these disposables" I meant ban/regulate them out of the market through governmental policy.
Consumer sentiment alone will never make a significant impact.
Re:60% of home compostable plastic doesn’t fully break down,...
by xdfgh1112 on Saturday November 05, 2022 @04:29AM
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You still get a discount for bringing your own cups to coffee shops, in the UK at least!
Re:60% of home compostable plastic doesn’t fully break down,...
by wildrhythms on Saturday November 05, 2022 @07:35AM
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In the U.S. it's a per-store basis, and often they won't give you a discount unless you're using their own brand of bowl/mug/whatever which itself is often plastic and probably leeching chemicals into the food every time they refill it.
Re:60% of home compostable plastic doesn’t fully break down,...
by bitxbitxbitcoin on Saturday November 05, 2022 @03:27PM
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Leaching, technically, not leeching.
Re:60% of home compostable plastic doesn’t fully break down,...
by aperson_hello on Saturday November 05, 2022 @09:34AM
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That and the Boogeyman of food safety liability.
I think the fundamental problem is plastic is cheap and companies have zero need to factor in the environmental costs. It's pointless to blame the consumer for buying something that they can afford, these products that do terrible damage to the environment need to be made unaffordable through taxes on the companies producing them.