They make peanuts out of biodegradable materials now - they are the peanuts that don't cling together. They're made from plant starch. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioplastic I get a ton of shipped parts and I get them in the boxes every once in a while.
Nope, the record clearly shows you couldn’t reply. You can reply if you can... No need to be dishonest about something that is quite clear.
Not really, you just ignored replies. If you are this excited to discuss the EU I'm sure there is room for a thread? I'd participate.
No, you are mistaken. Post 720 was never replied to http://bbs.clutchfans.net/index.php...teel-and-aluminium-geaux-trump.288773/page-36
I think that was admitted very early in the thread. The idea is just to raise awareness. It came from, in large part, a kind of cool non-profit. https://www.lonelywhale.org/ They have freely admitted that straws aren't, on their own, a big deal. But plastics are, and most Americans still don't really think too much about plastics in their everyday life. You could call the (admittedly kind of insipid and definitely worth of humor a la the OP) straw campaign a gateway plastic. cheers.
This thread is sponsored by "Reusable Straw Incorporated". Their motto... "Don't leave home without it".
That was my point, straws are actually useful while packing peanuts are terrible. If they want to do a meaningless gesture to raise awareness, more people would support it if the banned something we all hate like packing peanuts.
You know what's even more usefull than straws.... plastic grocery bags. California banned stores from using them as containers and a year later, nobody is complaining. What did californians do, buy reusable grocery bags. So for folks who prefer to use a straw, bring your own reusable one. You not only help save the environment but you can bring down these evil plastic straw makers who dominate poor peoples lives.
Of course if you do not wash the reusable bags, they can make you sick and all of the extra water used to wash the grocery bags certainly isn't helping the California water crisis. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/06/reusable-grocery-bag-germs/4341739/ http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sns-green-bacteria-in-shopping-bags-story.html http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/08/03/how-to-clean-produce/
So how often do you think people have to wash grocery bags? Are grocery bags more susceptible to germs or bacteria than T-shirts which are for the most part, made of the same material? You could have used the same article to create a negative light on everything that we wear. If you develop bacteria or germs on your shirt, you are just filty and there is no hope for you. The same goes for grocery bags.
Well I am not sure how many times you re-wear a shirt before washing it but some of the things you put in grocery bags do contribute to bacteria. I am not sure about your hygiene but I do not wear the same shirt twice before washing it and bath daily. Perhaps your hygiene routine is more lax or the stuff in your bong makes you forget to change your shirts? This is not something I made up and the media links I posted are not conservative media. The germs in the reusable grocery bags are a real issue and people can get sick from it. I have no issues with reusable shopping bags but I would prefer a choice of what to use like we have in Texas. I was not arguing against using them and have used reusable bags myself but I also wash them before reusing them. I actually thought the packing peanuts might be something we could all agree was a bad thing.
https://www.vegware.com/catalogue/straws/cat_28.html https://www.ecoproductsstore.com/compostable_straws.html Problem solved. Now the conservative outrage machine can turn their uncontrollable rage on some nun somewhere tutoring undocumented children, or whatever other grave crime you can find.
Your packing peanuts have been discussed multiple times. Why don’t you start a push to use the biodegradable ones like previously mentioned?
Yes we can agree with certain things but an article which singles out one product that uses a commonly used material sounds a little too biased for my taste. For context, there are plastic industry lobbyists while there are non for reusable bags. Is it a far stretch that the plastic industry is fighting back and trying to spin things?
**** no, you and everyone else are not responsible enough to handle plastic bags. I'm really ****ing tired of picking them up on the side of the road...At least I can recycle the beer cans and bottles I pick up, but those ****ing things just stick in the fences or the trees. I have 3 miles of roadside bordering ranches and I can't clean it every 2 weeks. So NO, you have lost your goddam plastic bag privileges, you bunch of ****ing r****ds
