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The White House Has a Plan to Slash Plastic Use in the U.S.

www.nytimes.com The White House Has a Plan to Slash Plastic Use in the U.S.

The government said it would phase out its purchases of single-use plastics, a significant step because it is the biggest buyer of consumer goods in the world.

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Hate to tell you but aluminum cans are plastic lined. That's why beer doesn't taste as bad as it used to in cans
yay. can I have trans rights equal to cis rights in all 50 states now, please?

Also, bunker fuel burning ocean boats pollute more than every car on the planet put together.
Cool, so we’re going to eliminate all the plastic in packaging at supermarkets and retail, right? Right?
- Plastic at supermarkets is very effective at reducing food spoilage. Ditching the plastic will result in much more food hitting the bin, and higher food costs. Given all that binned food must be created and transported again, it's a huge net negative for the environment.
  
  If only there was some other way we can protect bananas, like a thick outer layer we could peel off.
  
  Depends on how bad you think microplastics are for us? 🤷‍♂️
  
  There are other effective ways to package food for retail they just tend not to be transparent.
  
  mycelium wrappers can be pretty effective, and just as inexpensive, once producers are prodded into compliance.
  
  Eating local/seasonal reduces the need for long shelf life. Not always possible, but industrial agriculture definitely pushes us away from it and is something policy could help reverse.
  
  Cellophane
- Plastic beverage bottles need to go.
  
  100%.
  
  Plastic works for beverage containers, but aluminum does a better job anyway. We should just use aluminum, always. There are even aluminum containers with screw tops, plastic is just unnecessary.
Only took them 16 years.
You know, it seems like a lot of plans have been coming out of the White House lately, that sound absolutely amazing. But given the timing, I have to wonder how much of this is them throwing anything they can at the wall to see what sticks.

Don't get me wrong, at this point, I'd vote Biden over Trump even if the man was literally comatose. But I'm just wondering if this is an attempt by the Biden admin to get any allies they can get in preparation for a convention fight and a difficult election when the candidate himself has proven to be unable to motivate people.
- Is this your first election cycle? It is SOP for the incumbent administration to push big popular legislation when it is coming up to election time. There will be even more coming in the next few months.
- Don't get me wrong, at this point, I'd vote Biden over Trump even if the man was literally comatose.
  
  Might have to lol.
Whew, finally.

Nice

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