There is data, in point of fact. Ireland has had a "bag tax" for several years, and it led to a 90% reduction in single-use plastic bags.There is no one action that is going to eliminate this problem. A ban on certain plastics is one thing that can be tried in order to help out.
So what?? Time for innovative thinking and products.........before we choke the ocean and its wonderful inhabitants with human plastic refuse.There sis no need to get plastic grocery bags when one can use fabric reusable ones.More stupidity from trudOWE. SIngle use plastics would include water bottles, pill bottles and most packaging including wrapping for meat at the grocery store.
Would you trade one in to get your nickel refund, then get a second hand one with a new nickel deposit? Or throw them out and have people scrounge through garbage bins to bring them to the plastic bag refund center? Sounds a little cumbersome.If there were a nickle deposit on a bag you'd never see one in a landfill ever again.
They still are in some pockets of our country, Tec. When you live in a very rural area it pays to re-use and repair rather than a lengthy trip to town. Trouble is so many items these days are not built to last and cannot be repaired at home except by someone with the technical or engineering capability.I remember when re-using things, and repairing rather than replacing, and suchlike frugal habits were a conservative value.
The disposable culture has to come to an end.....or at least be curtailed.........as even planet earth has finite space.They still are in some pockets of our country, Tec. When you live in a very rural area it pays to re-use and repair rather than a lengthy trip to town. Trouble is so many items these days are not built to last and cannot be repaired at home except by someone with the technical or engineering capability.
Nope. A beer can lasts no more than an hour in my blue bin before it's scooped by a rubbie, why would a bag not see the same fate?Would you trade one in to get your nickel refund, then get a second hand one with a new nickel deposit? Or throw them out and have people scrounge through garbage bins to bring them to the plastic bag refund center? Sounds a little cumbersome.
Reducing plastic waste isn't the same as banning the use of plastic containers.Canadians overwhelmingly support action to reduce plastic waste.
The only ones who do not are - surprise surprise - the ones who don't believe in climate change.
And nobody cares what they think.
So ban the use of plastics that go into computers. Nobody really needs them anyway.There is no one action that is going to eliminate this problem. A ban on certain plastics is one thing that can be tried in order to help out.
trudOWE and thinking, nevermind inovative thinking can not be used in the same sentence. Except by a comedien.So what?? Time for innovative thinking and products.........before we choke the ocean and its wonderful inhabitants with human plastic refuse.There sis no need to get plastic grocery bags when one can use fabric reusable ones.
The humanoid has to take responsibility for its actions on this splendid planet....that is home to everyone.
it would be awesome if you knew what you were talking about.So ban the use of plastics that go into computers. Nobody really needs them anyway.
There is already in Ontario, and most of those bags have the recyclable logo on them.......If there were a nickle deposit on a bag you'd never see one in a landfill ever again.
Nice thought, Breezy but not likely to happen. If anything the disposable culture is accelerating as more and more cheaply made products appear on the shelves. One only has to look at the current crop of printers. When it is by far cheaper to buy a new printer than it is to buy the ink - it leaves little room for decision. Thus I now have a total of four printers - in their original boxes stored in my shed. I have no idea what will become of them but I refuse to surrender a perfectly good machine to a landfill. A friend of mine just purchased a new laser printer simply because his last one stopped communicating with his computer and no amount of technical input from Staples technicians helped. What a frickin' waste.The disposable culture has to come to an end.....or at least be curtailed.........as even planet earth has finite space.