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Re: India has banned disposable plastic in Delhi

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Post by geodel »

slezakattack wrote: post #95
geodel wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Banana leaves may be traditional and popular in southern India where banana grows aplenty. In Delhi banana leaves would be used in chic restaurants with traditional touch. It is no way going to be used by street vendors. I have normally seen steel plates/spoon used by street vendors. Not very hygienic as they just rinse in water after use.

When I visited Nepal, a lot of the street vendors had these bowls made of leaves (perhaps banana leaf, not really sure). I have no idea if they are financially better off or cost effective but thought I'd mention that I've seen something like this before.

Yeah, many of bowls/plates are made up of mango tree leaves. All my childhood I have eaten village feasts on those leaves plates and earthen bowls for gravy/yogurt.

Re: India has banned disposable plastic in Delhi

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Post by dexterdog »

XJOKOLAT wrote: post #86
sqeaky wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think its ironic at all. Some American industries actually do attempt to pro-actively fix issues to insure long term profitability. Consider groups like UL or ESRB, no government intervention there. I like the example of pesticides. The are some really nasty pesticides that aren't banned by law, but there are industry groups that work to reduce and effectively ban the ones that cause birth defects and obvious…

Self-generated codes-of-good-practice usually emerge from out of the shadow of a big governmental stick on the horizon.

And they generally help the industry members protect themselves from new competitors.

Re: India has banned disposable plastic in Delhi

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Post by aanm1988 »

popobobo wrote: post #10
xyzzy4 wrote: post #8

Plastic is the least of Delhi's problems. First they should be banning vehicles that don't meet emission standards. I visited there twice and I'll be lucky if I don't come down with some lung problem. Edit: They should ban the burning of plastic, not plastic itself. And enforce it.

No matter what we do it will never wipe away your prejudice, my friend.

India has the worst air pollution in the world. It's not prejudiced to say so.

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603649/india-now-has-the-...

Re: India has banned disposable plastic in Delhi

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Post by prawn »

toephu2 wrote: post #29

I don't understand how we can build self-driving cars, send people to the moon, and create advanced facial recognition software, but can't build technology that can separate plastic bags?

Doesn't solve the issue of plastic bags littering the streets.

We have a plastic bag ban where I live and it's great.

Re: India has banned disposable plastic in Delhi

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Post by tempestn »

wnevets wrote: post #53
WalterBright wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My father told me that American highways used to be lined with trash until it was made illegal to throw trash out the window.

One of my favorite scenes from Mad Men was Don and his family leaving their garbage everywhere after a picnic in a beautiful forest. edit: panic to picnic

Here's the scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roREnVhd_og

And a reddit thread about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2aj23u/in_an...

Re: India has banned disposable plastic in Delhi

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Post by calvinbhai »

tn13 wrote: post #75
geodel wrote: post #35

I do not see any coverage in Indian media. Could it be one of those official notifications which public at large hardly follows but it breeds corruption by enforcement officials. Though looking at Indian papers I came across this rather frightening news: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollutio...

That is how India rolls. I am not sure how the poor street food vendors survive if they cant use plastic plates and spoons. If they are forced to use steel plates and spoons that is a health and safety nightmare in India.

one of the road side sweet corn shacks, was giving throwaway steel spoons (thicker and stiffer than aluminium foil, but super thin). It felt weird throwing it in trash.

I think there's been a noticable difference due to this rule. Including change in people's behavior (in using plastic bags)

Re: India has banned disposable plastic in Delhi

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Post by theparanoid »

Here in California single use plastic bags are banned. Now it's a pain, at checkout you either have to tell them how many multiuse bags to charge or bring bags from home.

No so many years ago paper bags were common and what I used. Paper is great, it's biodegradable, renewable, and convenient.

Re: India has banned disposable plastic in Delhi

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Post by jimmywanger »

bendermon wrote: post #40
throwaway420 wrote: post #24

Not a huge fan of outright bans, and think this is probably the wrong priority for India to focus on. (I understand this is just Delhi) Air pollution is huge right now. And sad to say, people pooping in streets and rivers is still a major problem. To me, plastic remnants are a very minor issue in comparison.

Even if you poop in your fancy bungalow toilet, it does end up in the rivers, along with detergent and toxic toilet cleaners. Banning disposable plastic and non biodegradable detergents would go a great way in letting microbes and plants do their job in cleaning up the environment. With plastics not clogging up the rivers and chemicals not killing all river life, the rivers would definitely run much cleaner. This mov…

> Even if you poop in your fancy bungalow toilet, it does end up in the rivers, along with detergent and toxic toilet cleaners.

Wastewater should be treated. And at least if you concentrate all the waste into one place, you greatly reduce the spread of infectious diseases spread by untreated waste.

Also, your children tend not to be stunted. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sanjay-wijesekera/why-are-indi...

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