EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021
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EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021
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Re: EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021
#2So what is the best replacement for fast food and takeaway purposes? Bamboo cutlery?
Re: EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021
#3So what is the best replacement for fast food and takeaway purposes? Bamboo cutlery?
I wonder how much of the existing plastic could be replaced with PLA. For a lot of use cases it should have all the same upsides as oil-based plastic.
Re: EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021
#4So what is the best replacement for fast food and takeaway purposes? Bamboo cutlery?
Maybe you bring your own (multi use) take away container? Kind of like when you bring your own coffee mug to a coffee shop?
Re: EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021
#5The western world is responsible for 1,25 % of all ocean plastic pollution. Europe is only 0,28 %![0] There is no need to ban single-use plastics in the West. It's just virtue signaling and the so-called 'solutions' lower our comfort, will cause a rise in food poisoning deaths and are worse for the environment.[1]
When you mention this, people reply we should set an example and other countries will follow. The idea that Western countries should set an example to teach those 'dumb countries that can't think for themselves' how to do things seems very arrogant. And there are zero guarantees it will work. If it was as easy as setting an example, every country on earth would be a blossoming democracy by now...
[0] https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15611#f1 [1] https://www2.mst.dk/Udgiv/publications/2018/02/978-87-93614-...
Edit: An actual solution would be if the EU invested in waste management solutions in the developing world.
People mention micro-plastics as a bad thing but we don't know that yet. So far the level of evidence proving micro-plastics as harmful is on par with the evidence linking cancer to cellphones.
Re: EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021
#6They're banning single use plastic only. Other plastic plates are not banned. Given how much it costs in Europe to rent square meters to store stuff I wonder if event companies won't just buy multiple-use plastic plates and just throw them away anyway as it's cheaper than to pay personal to clean them, transport them to containers and then rent the space to store them, secure them etc.
Re: EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021
#7So what is the best replacement for fast food and takeaway purposes? Bamboo cutlery?
Cutlery made from paper and/or wood
Re: EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021
#8The western world is responsible for 1,25 % of all ocean plastic pollution. Europe is only 0,28 %![0] There is no need to ban single-use plastics in the West. It's just virtue signaling and the so-called 'solutions' lower our comfort, will cause a rise in food poisoning deaths and are worse for the environment.[1] When you mention this, people reply we should set an example and other countries will follow. The idea t…
Thank fucking god. Someone with a brain.
Re: EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021
#9Does the EU ever do anything except banning things?
Re: EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021
#10The western world is responsible for 1,25 % of all ocean plastic pollution. Europe is only 0,28 %![0] There is no need to ban single-use plastics in the West. It's just virtue signaling and the so-called 'solutions' lower our comfort, will cause a rise in food poisoning deaths and are worse for the environment.[1] When you mention this, people reply we should set an example and other countries will follow. The idea t…
Does this account for the trash that we send abroad for China to dispose of?