After Donald Trump's executive order on plastic straws, one business owner says his company's prospects have "completely switched" while others worry about future consequences on the environment and human body.
What single product bans could actually put a dent in our absurd plastic usage. Plastic grocery bag bans can only do so much when every banana is wrapped in 6 layers of single use plastic
American supermarkets are a special category, since everything is wrapped in plastic.
In poor countries, plastic bags are a significant contributor to overall amount of plastic waste produced. Banning plastic bags in a place like that actually has an impact, because most things aren’t necessarily wrapped in layers of plastic.
If you wanted to have a similar impact in America, you would need to introduce a plastic packing and wrapping tax. So yes, banning a single product in a place like that is only a very small step in the right direction.
You know, there are third world countries with a more progressive approach to plastic…
What single product bans could actually put a dent in our absurd plastic usage. Plastic grocery bag bans can only do so much when every banana is wrapped in 6 layers of single use plastic
American supermarkets are a special category, since everything is wrapped in plastic.
In poor countries, plastic bags are a significant contributor to overall amount of plastic waste produced. Banning plastic bags in a place like that actually has an impact, because most things aren’t necessarily wrapped in layers of plastic.
If you wanted to have a similar impact in America, you would need to introduce a plastic packing and wrapping tax. So yes, banning a single product in a place like that is only a very small step in the right direction.
Anything that may have once distinguished the US from “third world” countries is gone.
I think @TranquilTurbulence pretty neatly established one big different - Americans produce far more waste than any actually impoverished country.
We just live poor in order to afford all those extra landfills.