Big Majority Worldwide Support Single-Use Plastics Ban

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Big Majority Worldwide Support Single-Use Plastics Ban

February 23, 2022 at 2:22 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 51 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/02/23/big-majority-worldwide-support-single-use-plastics-ban/

"SNIP.......

A new Ipsos survey across 28 countries finds that more than 80% agree that single-use plastics should be banned as soon as possible. 

Sara Goddard answers 7 questions about why a such a ban is needed.

......SNIP"

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1. Never gonna happen

They have no idea what to do with recycled plastic now. You go to the supermarket, you bring home 2/3 food and 1/3 plastic. Cardboard boxes are disappearing. Cookies - plastic tray, plastic bag.

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3. I know. And then you find out when you recycle it it often does

not get recycled. I think they have found bacteria that can eat it. I welcome our soon to be bacteria overlords!!

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4. Will digested hydrocarbons be good for us, or any living creature?

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5. Don't know.

[PoliticAverse]

2. I still remember the first Earth Day, when we were told to use plastic bags

rather than paper to save trees.

[Spider Jerusalem]

6. That was over 50 years ago, we had not yet seen the consequences of plastic pollution

the EU encouraged drivers to get diesel vehicles instead of gasoline because of greater fuel efficiency in the late 90's/early 2000's, but turns out diesels are more polluting and are a significant source of PM2.5 particles. Obama encouraged a shift to natural gas instead of coal because it was "cleaner"; turns out all that fracking has released a HUGE amount of methane, which is a much more potent greenhouse gas than CO2, and sped up climate change to the point where we're seeing things that weren't expected until 2050. Turns out that acting on incomplete information has unintended consequences.

[PoliticAverse]

7. Speaking of climate change, we were also told in school that the earth was cooling.