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UK: Single-use plastics ban

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rcjordan:
So, Elizabeth doesn't like plastic straws or wet-wipes. I agree.  BUT methinks this mandate is going to have deep repercussions and investment opportunities as new-old-tech comes back into play.

EX: Disposable hot drink lids.  Ever seen a molded paper replacement? Neither have I. ...And we use billions of them in very short order.

ergophobe:
A friend who is working on a Zero Waste plan just returned from a conference where they informed him that those compostable plastics don't actually compost, in most cases... so you can throw that problem into the mix.

rcjordan:
Plastic eating utensils   ....remember those crappy, tiny wooden spoons you used to get with a cup of ice cream?

Wood and paper products should boom.  We may be trading one environmental disaster for another,. We'll see. 

buckworks:
Carry your own spork. A titanium spork that will last longer than you will can be had for a few bucks.

That said, I haven't studied the footprint of producing titanium stuff.

>> Wood and paper products should boom.  We may be trading one environmental disaster for another,. We'll see. 

Yep.

Brad:
I remember:

>>drink lids

I remember cardboard ones but they may have been cold drinks only.

>>spork

Prediction.

TSA will ban them.  Ditto places like court houses.  Cops will gun you down if you have a spork in hand.  And heaven help you if you have one of those Swiss Army camping knives with a fold out fork and spoon in your car.

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