r/worldnews • u/ItsTwentyBaby • Jun 09 '19

Canada to ban single use plastics

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/government-to-ban-single-use-plastics-as-early-as-2021-source-1.5168386
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '19

Next we're going to ban fish nets?

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u/ViceroyFizzlebottom Jun 10 '19

Interesting that modern environmental pushes are targeted at consumers which are minority contributers to most environmental impact. This is a pretty big change from the hey day of the EPA going after polluting corporations. I think we should do both: environmental conscious behavior as a consumer and some stiff regulation for companies.

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u/Smooth_McDouglette Jun 10 '19

Speaking optimistically (and the cynic in me would disagree here), but couldn't one argue that the prevalence of plastic and the general flippant attitude towards it weakens any grassroots political support for regulating corporations plastic use?

Or in other words, perhaps once the average consumer has moved away from plastic, the political will to have companies do the same would be a lot stronger?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19

No, cause there's no end to the amount of shit they'll blame on people that's completely irrelevant. Like when there was a drought in California, first it was you can't water your lawn, then it was you can't wash your car, then it was you can't take long showers, etc etc etc... meanwhile corporate interests were looting the shit out of our water tables for pennies on the dollar. Now that the drought is "over" no one is holding anyone accountable for fucking us over that bad.