Starting in December, single-use items such as plastic shopping bags, disposable food service accessories, oxo-degradable plastics and food service packaging made of polystyrene foam, PVC, PVDC, compostable or biodegradable plastics will no longer be allowed to be sold in B.C.
This is needed both in the short and long term. I’ll be curious to see what solutions pop up to replace what we’ve become used to.
compostable or biodegradable plastics will no longer be allowed to be sold
This is needed both in the short and long term
If you hate biodegradable and compostable things, you’re the baddie. The math seems solid.
I’m mean, they are better than the non-degradable plastics, but it’s not like they breakdown remotely fast. Those products are more greenwash, [airquotes] biodegradable
it’s not like they [break down] remotely fast
Okay, I’m hitting the (qualified) opinion pieces and I’m seeing the issues like the microplastic intermediate stage and the low ‘success’ rate of plastic breaking down after a 6 month period (which I’m assuming isn’t arbitrary).
You’ve forced me to learn, dammit. Thanks (Thanks; I hate it?)