Britain is banning plastic straws — and asking Canada to join

JamesBondo

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"straws don't litter, people litter."

Quick, lets rush off to Cafe Press and make a million dollars on bumper stickers.
 

petros

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Thanks. I bookmarked that green cup book.

I'd wager more plastic went into making that unit than 3 years of straws.
 

mentalfloss

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I use to use Twizzlers, but the sugar, man. I could live without straws, I don't have much use for them, except for the odd Caesar.



Yes, because carbon taxes do nothing for the environment and that makes some environmentalists very happy.

Let's just paint all the straws green and put a catchy logo on the side.



Your decent into the depths of stupidity is unfortunate.


That being said, you give incentives to businesses through a tax break.

For example, replacing plastic straws with an alternative saves them some money. That incentive to business is afforded by carbon pricing.

The Conservatives in Manitoba even know this.
 

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The plastic straw is relatively new. For the first 4000 years or so of human civilization they were made out of paper or, as the name suggests, organic materials like straw. We can still have straws, but let's just make then out of something that doesn't last a couple of thousand years.

Fair enough. As long as straws are still available, I really don't care what they are made of. As long as the drink hits my mouth, no issue.

There are so many alternatives to plastic straws so it just makes sense to stop using them.

But instead of banning, this is the perfect opportunity to use carbon pricing as an incentive.

There isn't a tax you don't like.
 

petros

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That being said, you give incentives to businesses through a tax break.

For example, replacing plastic straws with an alternative saves them some money. That incentive to business is afforded by carbon pricing.

The Conservatives in Manitoba even know this.
Subsidies?

Manitoba joined SK in taking the Feds to Court over Carbon Tax.
 

Danbones

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Like straws, only people who don't pay taxes like taxes.
:)

Subsidies?

Manitoba joined SK in taking the Feds to Court over Carbon Tax.

Should have taken the feds straight to the woodshed.
 

petros

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1,513.3 straws from Popeye's to a lb at 0.3gr per straw.

I eat out once a week. It'll take 29.1 years for me to use 1lb of straws.
 

Bar Sinister

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great now people will be hoarding straws. :(

this is the last straw!

I am distrawt. :(

;)

Yes - they really suck.

At a rate of 50 million uses per day, I can think of no better solution than a plastic straw that is recyclable. The health risks from glass reusable straws would not be worth it.

I really don't understand the problem, when I toss out a drink cup, the lid and straw always go into the recyclables bin. Then someone melts it down and makes a pill bottle or patio furniture.

Glass? Why would we use that? Cheap paper straws were used for decades.

Straws don't suck. You do.

Not as much as your ass, every time you take a breath.
 

MHz

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My GF just said over my shoulder, try drinking a beverage without a straw, when you are wearing lipstick...or give a kid a drink without a lid and a straw, and just stand there and wait with a rag and a change of clothes.
try walking around with an armful of lunch and a drink with no lid.
Lol. Girlfriend??

If it was anybody else I would take it as a personal confession. I found a big butt in the ashtray and asked the guy visiting if it was his and he blurted out, 'That's not my shade.' I kid you not lol, apparent jail changes a person is way you cannot imagine.
 

Danbones

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At a rate of 50 million uses per day, I can think of no better solution than a plastic straw that is recyclable. The health risks from glass reusable straws would not be worth it.

I really don't understand the problem, when I toss out a drink cup, the lid and straw always go into the recyclables bin. Then someone melts it down and makes a pill bottle or patio furniture.

...or lately, they say, robot sex slave skin.
;)
 

Bar Sinister

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So much for freezies and big gulps .


Why? Can you only put those in plastic containers?

At a rate of 50 million uses per day, I can think of no better solution than a plastic straw that is recyclable. The health risks from glass reusable straws would not be worth it.

I really don't understand the problem, when I toss out a drink cup, the lid and straw always go into the recyclables bin. Then someone melts it down and makes a pill bottle or patio furniture.


Except for one major problem. Most nations do not recycle plastic. Just visit any Latin American country. The roads and streets are littered with plastic waste. Ditto for Africa and most of Asia. The solution is much simpler; go back to using paper straws and cups or better still cups and straws made out of biodegradable materials.
 

JamesBondo

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Why? Can you only put those in plastic containers?




Except for one major problem. Most nations do not recycle plastic. Just visit any Latin American country. The roads and streets are littered with plastic waste. Ditto for Africa and most of Asia. The solution is much simpler; go back to using paper straws and cups or better still cups and straws made out of biodegradable materials.

no offense, I don't give a shit about latin American countries. And,even if I did, they are totally within their rights to screw up their streets any way they see fit.

Canada has a recycling program for plastics. It seems a whole lot more sensible to recycle them - today! - no excuses, just recycle them. Action is way more sensible than sitting around whining about what other people in other countries are doing.