Lol what if they started making plastic ice? 
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oh heck no. XDDDDD
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There are these plastic things you can get which have a liquid in them and you put them in the freezer, they work like ice 
plastic ice
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And I ooooooop- thatās S.H.O.C.K.I.N.G.
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Yeah we have some that are shaped like fish
Means we donāt have to refil the ice tray all the time
Gosh weāve had then for as long as I can remember I must give them names
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for a start it would be better to re use more plastic. here in denmark we have pant on plastic glass and aluminius. with soda . and we have just added juice too.
I dont know what pant is called in english. but is like a cola cost 20 DKK but you pay 25 for it. and when you bring the bottle back you get the 5 DKK back
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I think I know what you mean by pant but I have no idea what we call it.
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I donāt think we should ban plastic straws because disabled people use them and actually need them. I think we should recycle more and try to reduce plastic use in our lives, not outright ban it.
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I am an environmental nerd. I compulsively pick up trash wherever I see it and often hold onto plastic and glass until I can recycle it, rather than finding the nearest trash can. Growing up in Florida, I had a mental image that littering made you directly responsible for a sea turtleās death. So I will share my opinions:
Reduce, first! Unfortunately, i think a ban is a bit unrealistic considering the way that we use plastic, but try reducing first! So reducing the number of single-use things like take-our containers, plastic straws, and plastic bags would be ideal. So those of us who can reduce our use of these (fully support disabled people who cannot cut down their usage to zero, since it may be too challenging to bring a reusable straw everywhere and impossible not to use a straw).
Also, Reduce our need for consumption of cheap, useless goods. Re-evaluate whether you really need something or merely want it. Itās hard to go against marketing, but resist that urge to consume, consume, consume!
After Reduce, comes Reuse. So this means, reuse the things you have! I love multi-use straws. You can buy aluminum ones or bamboo ones if you want/need to drink from a straw. Carry one with you, and a reusable folding bag in case you need to do some unexpected grocery shopping on your way home! Compost your food scraps and turn them into soil! If you donāt have space/time lobby your neighborhood waste collector to allow compost scraps to be picked up in another bin! Sometimes this does come with a few, but considering the food waste, this can be a huge help!). This prevents unnecessary waste from taking up space in landfills.
Then we have Recycle! Only after you canāt reduce or reuse something, recycle it. This varies tons by region, so make sure you know what can be recycled in your area. Do what you can to clean items. Lobby for expanded recycling facilities. Do your research on what is recycled efficiently. Donāt recycle material that canāt be recycled in your area. That could mess up a whole batch of recycled materials.
I know this has been expanded upon, so would love to hear what else you think we can do! Personally, I think money talks. I think one of the ways to reduce and promote reusability is by taxing both consumers and manufacturers who use too much plastic. On the consumer-side: stores charging 10 cents per bag makes people re-think using plastic bags and even better would be a discount (like Trader Joeās does) when you use your own re-usable bag!
Manufacturers use so much plastic and they should be penalized as well, especially if they do not recycle. However, this is harder since it would cost a lot of money to implement this and Iām not sure it would be corruption-proof either. So this would need a lot more thought into it, but open to suggestions and things that work in your area!
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Thereās so much plastic we use that you canāt ban plastic. Sure, things like polythene bags and all that are easy to replace could be banned.
And for the rest of the things, Recycling should be made mandatory as someone already suggested.
But really, no matter what happens or what is banned, so long as people donāt co-operate with it, itās not gonna work.
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Yeah, people donāt do things en masse out of the goodness of their hearts (especially corporations), but money talks. Hit them in the wallet, by making plastic more expensive the first time around, which will incentivize reusing and recycling it! But corporations usually pass on this expense to the consumer, so things using plastic would become more expensiveā¦ which will force people not to use so much of it.
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Yes people have to cooperate. We are humans. No matter how annoying it may be, we CAN drink out of a mcdonalds cup with ice in itā¦ (if not disabled) We CAN bring our own bags to the grocery store.
I personally forgot mine today and my bf told me Iāll never remember them, but Iām like no! I have hope that I will remember! Iām not giving up!
Itās not easy to change, but we can. Excuses hold ppl back.
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This may be the dumbest question, but I dont understand compostingā¦ Wouldnāt the food compost on its own in the landfill and maybe help breakdown other trash? Does it have any other negative effects other than filling landfills?
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Not a dumb question! Putting organic waste in landfills, instead of exclusive composts, does take up space but it also builds up methane, which then the landfill has to deal with (besides being a greenhouse gas). Composting directly reduces the methane production (if composting is done aerobically versus the anaerobic process that happens in landfills because trash is continuously dumped on top and itās not aerated like typical composting practices). Plus it also possibly helps prevent leachate, a byproduct of the waste + rainwater as it trickles through the landfills, but still doing my own research on this.
Super passionate about composting because itās a thing I grew up doing with my dad and now itās one of the very few things we agree on.
Yes. Itās not like one day youāll wake up and decide I have to save Earth and just stop using plastic at once.
Weāll learn slowly. We will make new habits. Sometimes weāll forget. But as long as we are trying, down change is bound to come.
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Ok that makes more sense!
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