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[-] macaroni1556@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Are plastics use really regulated? I don't mean at mcd's, I mean plastics industry wide.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 months ago

So, like, except for the regulations? That seems like an unfair question.

There's probably ones other than the straw and bag ones we're all familiar with. I don't know how many, or how many you would consider enough, though.

[-] macaroni1556@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Your complaints are the straws and bags don't do enough. My point is that's NOT strict industry-wide regulation. We agree!

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 months ago

Okay, sure. So my favored policy on that is EPR. You could still get straws made out of uber-indestructible wonder materials, but you'd have to pay for the cost of disposing of it permanently somehow, as well as just the manufacturing cost. As a result, we probably would still see less disposable plastics in stores, because they don't like burning money, but you could still get them for a bit extra if you have a specific need, like a quadriplegic that needs one that can bend.

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