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How will we ever get away from plastics when they are ubiquitous for safety (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by littlecolt@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Plastic seals food, sterile medical implements, medicine, beverages, etc... it's seems like plastic is used as a way to seal things safely. Post pandemic rising, I see even more. My work used to be have plastic utensils in the cafeteria, for example, an already wasteful thing. Now, post-2020, every fork, knife, and spoon is individually wrapped in a plastic wrapper. I feel like the more my desire to escape plastic intensifies, the more plastic I see all around me everywhere.

How can we get away from plastic as a safety layer?

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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 35 points 11 months ago

Canada is in the process of "banning single-use plastics". Although you still see them everywhere, there are many places that have switched some stuff like plastic grocery bags, plastic straws and plastic utensils to cloth grocery bags, paper straws and wooden utensils.

[-] bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

The point OP is making still holds true in Canada though. I can’t go buy a plastic bag at my grocery store, but the store can use a ridiculous amount of wrap to sell produce, and there are tons of food products where you buy a bag full of smaller bags(and some full of even smaller bags. Pre-made salad is a big one) that I can buy easily and usually for fairly cheap.

[-] neptune@dmv.social 4 points 11 months ago

It turns out that industry has more lobbyists than consumers.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

You're absolutely correct. We're not close to eradicating it despite the strong wording of "single use plastic ban" but we are taking baby steps.

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