Plastic Straw Ban and buds

[Midwest]

I think it's a token gesture to try and get others on the bandwagon. According to this article: Almost all plastic in the ocean comes from just 10 rivers | DW | 30.11.2017 - http://www.dw.com/en/almost-all-plastic-in-the-ocean-comes-from-just-10-rivers/a-41581484 and other sources, most environmental plastic burden comes from sources where there is a large population with inadequate rubbish collection infrastructure. Hundreds of millions of people, maybe billions, simply chuck used plastic products into the river, or allow them to end up there, unaware that this is a bad thing. OTOH much of the microscopic material is tyre dust and paint dust - neither of which are likely to be banned soon. So the UK's plastic straws are not really a big component of anything but they provide a reference point to generate some publicity and dialogue about the wider problem.

That was my thoughts. Here in the UK we keep banging about recycling, so it will stops scenes like in the Blue Planet. Never watched the programme, and granted we have our own local issues, but all those picture I've seen are of far off exotic locations.

 

[Squid]

I wonder how much waste the EU Parliament produces per year......... there is always an ulterior motive to these types of stories.......

 

[Midwest]

I wonder how much waste the EU Parliament produces per year......... there is always an ulterior motive to these types of stories.......

Municipal sewage, is a sought after product for recycling

 

[Phil Thompson]

I see someone said about the cardboard packaging of deliveries.

I did the Wago freebie tester thing.

Yesterday a box about 12”x8”x6” arrived. Inside was 6 wago connectors that could have been posted in a wage packet sized envelope.

Madness I thought.

 

[Phil Thompson]

I see someone said about the cardboard packaging of deliveries.

I did the Wago freebie tester thing.

Yesterday a box about 12”x8”x6” arrived. Inside was 6 wago connectors that could have been posted in a wage packet sized envelope.

Madness I thought.

 

[Midwest]

My lad ordered a small plastic funnel from Amazon? Came in a box the size of a hamper, and it had some of that air bag stuff in it.

Thing is, if he'd asked I got one in the draw, he could of had. So now we have tow plastic funnels, and a load of cardboard to recycle!

 

[Midwest]

Apart from the infirmed or those in hospital for example, who needs a friggin straw, anyway?

 

[telectrix]

Apart from the infirmed or those in hospital for example, who needs a friggin straw, anyway?

horses need straw.

 

[Squid]

Apart from the infirmed or those in hospital for example, who needs a friggin straw, anyway?

 

[telectrix]

ahhh,carlsberg. probably the worst lager in the world.

 

[Midwest]

horses need straw.

Not to drink orange juice they don't

 

[Squid]

ahhh,England. probably the worst football team in the world.

;o))))))

 

[MDJ]

;o))))))

No close but no Cigar, Scotland is the Worse.

 

[Squid]

No close but no Cigar, Scotland is the Worse.

They've never been known as a football team.......

 

[HandySparks]

Anybody remember straws made of a sort of waxed paper? (or am I just imagining it?)