Government to ban single-use plastic cutlery

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u/CurlSagan 18d ago

Hey, but what if I like the sensation of a plastic knife shattering because I've pushed it to its limits under the strain of this crappy steak?

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u/DoctorPepster 18d ago

Or the tines of a plastic for snapping off in the middle of your crappy steak so you have to dig them out.

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u/lowglowjoe 18d ago

In similar news England has decided to recruit Lindsey lohan as a strategic advisor for their "war on plastcs" initiative.

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u/Lucimon 18d ago

Plastic is banned, but on Wednesday everyone has to wear pink.

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u/Lognn 18d ago

What about triple use plastic cutlery?

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u/Stackfault67 18d ago

I wonder what will replace the iconic little, blue plastic forks used by the chippies.

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u/Regular-Leave 18d ago

The little two prong wooden ones that half of the places still use

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u/UltimateBadassss 18d ago

You have just given me a nostalgia blowjob and I thank you for that.

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u/Regular-Leave 18d ago

Any time

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u/crashofthetitus 18d ago

I'm saving this comment and using it as my own later when needed thankyouverymuch

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u/anto2554 18d ago

Wood. That's what we have in Denmark everywhere

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u/FartingBob 18d ago

I've only ever seen the 2 prong wooden forks at chippies.

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u/supaswag69 18d ago

The government of Reddit or what?

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u/yarisplayz 18d ago

UK government

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u/Vet_Leeber 18d ago

Common problem with the "title must be exact" rule most news subreddits have. A local newspaper isn't going to put their town's name in every single article title.

Just read the article. News articles are misleading clickbait 98% of the time anyways.

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u/Plenor 18d ago

Read the article?

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u/JHK1976 18d ago

That will do nothing to solve the problem…

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u/Tyvani 18d ago

Well, it’s better than not banning it /:

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u/MyopicStockTip 18d ago

But it won't contribute to it, and thats a good start.

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u/happyfoam 18d ago

A step in the right direction shouldn't be criticized.

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u/fleebleganger 18d ago

It’s akin to an overweight person switching to diet soda rather than going for a walk. It feels like something but really isn’t.

While These kind of actions are slightly better than doing nothing, they do serve to de-motivate people (because now something has been done) while tshining the spotlight on the wrong parts of the economy that need to be reformed to effectively mitigate our impact on the environment.

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u/JHK1976 16d ago

You are all kidding yourselves to believe this will help mitigate the situation in anyway. People are so easily fooled.

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u/bolonomadic 18d ago

Oh thank goodness, that’s really going to be huge for saving the planet /s

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worlds-top-10-worst-pollution-problems/

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u/Hazzelinko 18d ago

Microplastic pollution and conventional air pollution are separate issues.

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u/bolonomadic 18d ago

I do not believe that plastic cutlery is a major source of microplastic .

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u/Hazzelinko 18d ago

All plastic consumables contribute to microplastic pollution. It may not be as common as say plastic bags but it still is a factor.

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u/HillOfVice 18d ago

This argument is so stupid. Would you rather them do nothing? It's not like they can force poor Asian countries to stop dumping.

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u/bolonomadic 18d ago

I would like them to stop pretending that if individuals would just make small adjustments that the earth would be saved. That’s not it. It lulls people into a false sense of progress on the pollution issue.

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u/Evil_Thresh 18d ago

And what’s your brilliant plan?

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u/fleebleganger 18d ago

Someone can recognize that a plan is awful and not have a brilliant solution.

Kind of like this whole debate.

I can recognize that overuse of plastics is awful for the environment and dumping tons of co2 into the air needs to stop but not have a great solution for fixing those while maintaining current standards of living.

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u/Evil_Thresh 18d ago

It just sounds like you are against doing even “some” improvements even if it’s just incremental. Nothing is ever done in one fell swoop. Progress is always incremental.

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u/Spinningwoman 18d ago

They mention mercury use in gold mining in Ghana - interestingly the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland is mad because hatters used mercury to help felt high end hat fabrics, so hatters frequently had brain damage.

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u/bolonomadic 18d ago

There are several non-fictional sources of information on the dangers of mercury.

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u/Spinningwoman 18d ago

Of course there are. I just thought this was an interesting reference that most people would have heard of but not realise the connection, and might even lead to them reading the article. Did you seriously downvote me for that?

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u/alskdw2 18d ago

Great, first they destroy our straws, now we’re gonna get limp ass forks.