It is time for companies and governments to holistically tackle single-use plastics

The Hill ^ | 01 22 2020 | John Hocevar

[yesthatjallen]

You didn't seriously believe they were going to stop with plastic straws and single-use plastic bags, did you?

The momentum is on! Millions of true believers are ready to take up the cause!

[headstamp 2]

Yes single use plastics like IV lines and other medical plastics. Ban them all.

s/

[captain_dave]

Plastics are made from petroleum. Transforming plastic waste into fuel or some other compound is an engineering task.

[olesigh]

Obviously intended for India and china

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

[DuncanWaring]

“There is no way the planet can sustain additional demand from companies attempting to substitute their single-use plastic packaging with paper or cardboard.”

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This guy obviously hasn’t been out counting trees recently.

[DoughtyOne]

And bra straps, garters, underwear, toenail clippings,...

...32 ounce soft drinks, and Blooming Onions at Outback.

“We’re the government, and we’re here to help...” (as if)

[IndispensableDestiny]

Plastics are made from petroleum. Transforming plastic waste into fuel or some other compound is an engineering task.

Catalytic pyrolysis will yield a usable oil. You can even used a mixed stream of plastic. Halogenated plastics aren't very good for this, but most waste would be. The process was understood in the 1980s.

[fruser1]

I’m going to learn how to make plastic just so I can litter with it.

[kaehurowing]

This drives me crazy, I can’t wait to see how health problems go through the roof because nothing is stored or sold in proper hygienic containers.

[heavy metal]

nancy pelosi is facing trouble with this one...

[facedown]

This is the year that people communists posing as environmentalists all over the world demand meaningful action on the plastic pollution crisis.

[Balding_Eagle]

None of that makes economic sense.

[Veggie Todd]

In 2018, Starbucks announced that it was getting rid of plastic straws for many of its drinks and transitioning to a new lid that does not require a straw. Unfortunately, the new lid is not recyclable in most locations across the country and it actually contains more plastic than the previous lid and straws did combined.

Oh, the stupid. It burns!

[headstamp 2]

[[[[This drives me crazy, I can’t wait to see how health problems go through the roof because nothing is stored or sold in proper hygienic containers.]]]]

We have a winner.

[HamiltonJay]

Even if you buy into the general arguments presented here.. please explain to me how plastics are more harmful to poor communities than other ones?

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Smug, self-righteous author

[a fool in paradise]

Including condoms?

[Parmy]

The result of banning paper bags 30 years ago.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

I am so cheap that I use my single-use plastic utensils until they break. They wash up just like a metal fork, knife, and spoon does.