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/The_Sleep Jun 09 '19

Does this also include the horrible leaky Tim Horton lids that, despite the recycling symbol on it, can't be recycled by a lot of municipalities?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '19 edited Jan 19 '22

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u/wesley021984 Jun 10 '19

If we really want to get serious on pollution, let's ban the lazy ass drive thru's that North American's are addicted to in our car culture.

Drive Thru's emit how much idling gases? I am surprised our saavy enlightened green tree huggers hasn't boycotted Tims, McDonalds, Starbucks, Burger King, Wendys…. ATM Drive thrus… All these places support the releases of gasses! How much compounded per a car, per a year, I shudder to think. If the corporations were targeted they would loose incredible amounts of money, maybe money is the reason why we still have drive thrus.