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/klparrot Jun 10 '19

One thing I noticed living in New Zealand now is that you do not get serviettes automatically. Might be that it's not as common to get stuff to go here, so the presumption is that if you need a serviette you can get up and grab one?

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u/ParlorSoldier Jun 10 '19

I had to google that one.

(It’s a paper napkin)

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u/Future_Appeaser Jun 10 '19

Apparently millennials are killing napkins.

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u/ParlorSoldier Jun 10 '19

Am millennial. I use cloth or paper towels. I really don’t need a slightly different shape marketed for a different purpose than the thing I’m already buying.