The EU Votes To Ban Single-Use Plastics

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29 March 2019, 02:33 PM

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The EU Votes To Ban Single-Use Plastics

I would wash my canvas bags if someone could tell me how to wash them so they wouldn't shrink.

The heavy plastic ones I just wipe down inside and out with a sponge every once in a while.

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29 March 2019, 05:10 PM

piqaboo

whenever anything leaks, which happens rarely.

29 March 2019, 06:00 PM

wtg

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Originally posted by piqaboo:
Does that include single use in the laboratory or medical practice?

More about what's banned.

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The European Parliament voted by 560 to 35 in favor of banning 10 single-use plastics including plates, balloon sticks, food and beverage containers made of expanded polystyrene and all products made of oxo-degradable plastic. These are the 10 most found items on EU beaches.

EU countries can choose their own methods of reducing the use of other single-use plastics such as takeout containers and cups for beverages. They will also have to collect and recycle at least 90 percent of beverage bottles by 2029.

Tobacco companies will be required to cover the costs for public collection of cigarette stubs, which are the second most littered single-use plastic item.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/2...ndard-for-world.html

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30 March 2019, 10:12 PM

Bernard

I played in the salon today, it was ok but could have gone better. Missed a few big chords that I really wanted to get. But I'll get a chance to play it again at an open house in May.

So I came home and made a shopping bag. Pockets on each side, fully lined. I bought enough fabric to make two more bags. Patterned fabrics by Kaffe Fasset and the black print which gives an air of suede is from Moda.

09 April 2019, 09:20 AM

Steve Miller

Here's a clever idea.

09 April 2019, 11:31 AM

QuirtEvans

That's great!

(Although it only works for produce grown in a climate that is conducive to banana plants.)

And then there's the fact that we need plants to recycle carbon dioxide, so, the more we cut down, the greater the CO2 problem becomes.

The real, long-term problem is that the planet cannot sustain unlimited growth of the human population. Although the drop in the birth rate in first world countries is a promising development.

09 April 2019, 11:33 AM

Nina

You can buy these lightweight reusable net bags for your produce. They work great and add no measurable weight/cost to your purchases.

09 April 2019, 11:35 AM

QuirtEvans

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Originally posted by Nina:
You can buy these lightweight reusable net bags for your produce. They work great and add no measurable weight/cost to your purchases.

It looks as if the banana-leaf stuff is prepackaged in the factory. Much like the plastic bags of veggies here.

09 April 2019, 11:50 AM

ShiroKuro

Nobody picked up on Jon's question about washing reusable shopping bags.

I read one of those

studies about all the germs and bacteria found in cloth shopping bags, such as e coli.

I am very much in favor of eliminating single-use plastics (and I always have a reusable water bottle with me, whether I'm going to work or to the airport) but the limited options for sanitizing grocery store bags is a concern for me.

09 April 2019, 12:07 PM

Nina

I have never washed a shopping bag in my life, and I'm still alive. This strikes me as a solution in search of a problem.

09 April 2019, 12:14 PM

ShiroKuro

yes, I suppose you have a point. On the other hand, how long have you been using reusable shopping bags?

Also, aren't outbreaks of e coli etc. increasing? And I don't mean to imply that any increase is because of reusable shopping bags, but rather, if changes in farming/agricultural practices are changing (and that's what's causing the increase) don't we need to be more careful, not less, about how we deal with groceries?

09 April 2019, 01:03 PM

QuirtEvans

Cloth bags are washable, I imagine.

We could even get some with a WTF logo.

https://www.discountmugs.com/p...f9Sl3mxoCHjoQAvD_BwE

09 April 2019, 01:18 PM

jon-nyc

quote:
Originally posted by Nina:
I have never washed a shopping bag in my life, and I'm still alive. This strikes me as a solution in search of a problem.

“They say smoking kills you bit my grandpa smoked 2 packs a day of pall mall straights and lived to 95.”

14 April 2019, 12:40 PM

Steve Miller

Another clever product:

Biodegradable 6 pack rings

14 April 2019, 02:49 PM

piqaboo

I wash shopping bags when something leaks therefore very rarely. If the bag is damp from condensation, I let it air dry.
I wash produce before using it regardless of source or method of transport. We've been using re-useable bags for at least 3 years but closer to 5, I think.
Should plastic wrap for meat be banned, I 'might' dedicate a shopping bag to meat transport, but I dont remember much leakage from childhood when the butcher wrapped the meat in waxed brown paper. Mad skillz that guy had.