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  You realise they'll just do what the shops did about plastic bags, right? Make them 3 microns thicker and claim they're reusable?
context: How about packaging frozen veg in cardboard again like we had in the 70s and 80s. >
  
  Alot of people forget that plastic was implemented because it decreased how many trees were harvested each year, and used less fuel to produce than glass. The major downside to plastic is how it's handled in waste management. >
  
  Require the cardboard either be recycled or use sustainable tree farming.  Tree farms do in fact help the air quality more than if they didn't exist and we just use plastic instead. >
  
  Recycling does very little to help even when people actually do it. It alleviates consumption of resources in the single digit percentages. There were entire forests stripped away from 1940-1960 in the US for paper products. Tree farming takes up a lot of space and uses a lot of water. >
  
  It's completely disgusting how much plastic is used by restaurants in gig delivery.  Literally every item by some of these restaurants are packaged in their own container never to be used again.  I don't even buy bowls.  I just use what I've gotten from these places.  Often, they are objects durable enough to be used for years.  Delivery before the gig company hijacking of the industry was largely pizza and Asian based because it can be delivered in a  paper based container.  Most of the items that are delivered in plastic could be delivered in more ecologically sound ways that could and should be cheaper.  Many restaurants are victims of their own egotism.  "Their food" is special and it's necessary for it to be delivered in packaging that more maximizes temperature like plastic. >
  
  
  I don't even buy bowls. I just use what I've gotten from these places.
  
  I get criticized for that. It makes me judge them back as wasteful and superficial. And to them I say: "No, I do not like fucking Bed Bath and Beyond!" >
  
  I’m not judging but just FYI, those containers are terrible for PFAS. They shed those forever plastics into your food, and it’s really bad for you. Definitely don’t microwave your food in them. >
  
  Oh shit, I actually appreciate that! >
  
  Try to move to glass when possible. Freezing them with food inside also is bad. >
  
  Ahhhwwwhh fuck! My entire freezer is plastic. I have a long journey. I appreciate it nonetheless, though. I need to make a lifestyle change.
  Freezing is bad? Like it's way too long in there/ close contact for periods of time? Or the temp does something shitty?
  I don't even want to know about reheating in the microwave now. >
  
  The contracting and expanding of plastics from temperature change makes microplastics shed into the food >
  
  ^(Guess I'll die then...) >
  
  Hold me, buddy. We’ll go into the micoplastic-lined void together. >
  
  I ate a can of sardines just now. That thing is lined with plastic :( >
  
  They are only banning it in resturants, gotta get that juicy title in as if they are banning all of them. >
  
  Watch as restaurant workers show pics after this gets put into action how the wood/paper cutlery is packaged in plastic, same as the bs w/ straws. >
  
  I’ve always felt this way about straws.  I don’t like the paper ones at all, I certainly don’t need to use a fresh one for every single drink, but if I bring my own reusable one people look at me like I’m some kind of weirdo.  If we could normalize carrying this stuff around I’d be fine with that…. Also you can eat a lot more with your hands than you think.  Source: Have toddler. >
  
  I am not carrying a straw around lmao.
  Funny that people think banning straws will make a difference..