so this seems to be in effect now? a couple of places didn’t have straws at the weekend. mac Ds was one of them. although the plastic straw was now replaced with a clunky plastic lid that you need to open to sip out of…instead of just drinking out of the cup?
seriously whats the point? the lid probably uses more plastic than the straw.
and if banning straws is a thing can we please remove the f***ing plastic trays from fruit and veg? it serves no purpose only to create more and more crap i need to throw out.
What’s the problem, he keeps his water bottles wrapped in plastic in a box full of water in a big bottle in a box, it helps his family cut down on waist.
I Just checked on the McDonald’s thread, the photos show they have the recycling symbols on them for polypropylene, so it’s the same process as straws.
ok theres a lid to stop it from spilling, but it now uses as much or more plastic than before. taiwan loves its pointless laws… no doubt they are going to say something like most progressive straw country in asia now.
this is not just taiwan. The world seams to have decided that straws are the next global threat and need to be eliminated at all cost. Next we will have Straw Wardens giving out tickets for public slurping. t
They are tackling it one bit at a time, charging for bags, banning straws, I think next on the list is cigarette butts. What is really needed is a cheap viable alternative to plastic, if it’s cheaper and easier than plastic companies will use it.
thats the thing though, its not slowly tackling it if you ban straws but still offer the same amount of plastic in a lid. i’m sure cigarette butts will have something equally as pointless and useless. i heard smoking is also going to be banned outside of shops, which is another meaningless law if its not enforced. the govt needs to make these laws actual real grown up people laws, or people will just continue to mock them and less than slow progress will continue on all issues that are not gay marriage.
the plus sides I can see are:
one production process
one item to collect for recycling
one type of plastic for recycling
most lids are clear which is a lot easier to sort than multi coloured items
its not perfect but its a start,
The main problem I have with the new lids is the product designers just copied and adjusted the design for the hot drinks, not taking into account the ice in cold drinks that can block the drinking aperture.
I just went through the drive thru at KFC. They gave me a soda with the sealed plastic top that you usually punch a straw through…but they told me that they don’t give straws anymore. So I have to peel the plastic back and sip from the cup while driving a car…
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