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There’s huge business interest pushing the usage of environmentally damaging products forward because it generates money. This against consumer laziness, progress will be slow
I have spent nearly ten years developing robotics to bring complex food production to the edge so that perishable logistics can occur instead of distributing non-fresh products in single use plastics.
When consumers shift to better product, change will occur.
Yes yes instead of single use bags at the store I now get more durable plastic bags that I throw away after using once. Well done.
Why don't you use reusable bags? I have a couple that fold up and go in my back pocket.
Reusable bags are nearly universally unsanitary. People let their cats play in them, never wash them, then place them on the same conveyor belt where you put your vegetables.
Yes yes instead of single use bags at the store I now get more durable plastic bags that I throw away after using once. Well done.
Is there a good substitute for cling wrap? I mostly store food in reusable containers. And I try to use foil as much as possible. But some things are irregularly shaped and need a tight seal, and I’ve struggled to find a good alternative.
In my area there has been "compostable" cling wrap available
I have no data about the veracity of the claim
I'll admit I was a little skeptical of plastic bag bans here in Canada, but it's had a noticeable effect on how much random garbage ends up stuck in hedges and fences where I live. Adapting to it wasn't too bad and good reusable bags are a lot more ergonomic and don't tear as easily when carrying heavy loads.
I fully agree, however if you're the kind of person who orders groceries, then what ends up happening is that you start collecting reusable bags that you have no way of reusing. I hope that someone starts some kind of "reusable bag recycling" system so I can give the scores of bags I have to a good home
Crap. Most of the substitutes have a bigger ecological footprint, even if you don't care at all about cost and comfort. Those reusable shopping bags need to be actually reused , several dozen if not hundreds of times, to be ecological. How many times have you used your last one?
Only if you insist on single-use things, in many cases. A reasonable substitute for a single-use plastic bag isn't a single-use paper bag: It's a multi-use bag.
> even if you don't care at all about cost and comfort.
I care a lot about comfort, which is why a single-use utensil ban can't come soon enough in the US.
Is there a good substitute for cling wrap? I mostly store food in reusable containers. And I try to use foil as much as possible. But some things are irregularly shaped and need a tight seal, and I’ve struggled to find a good alternative.
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Is there a good substitute for cling wrap? I mostly store food in reusable containers. And I try to use foil as much as possible. But some things are irregularly shaped and need a tight seal, and I’ve struggled to find a good alternative.
Yes yes instead of single use bags at the store I now get more durable plastic bags that I throw away after using once. Well done.
For bags, there is no reason for a store to give them out. You had to pay for a wallet to hold your cash and cards, a purse to hold them if you don'f have pockets. No need for bags to be a cost center for a store.