Yall want to whole world to be illegal out there is fascism land huh?
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FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Meanwhile, I’m forced to use shitty paper straws because plastic straws are banned. And yet THIS SHIT is somehow legal??
MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 10 months ago
FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Oh no, don’t get me wrong - I’m very much against banning things in general. You should be able to buy plastic straws, disposable vapes, cocaine and a machine gun at your local 7-11.
I’m just surprised that this isn’t something that they haven’t banned yet, despite being a pretty big issue.
waz@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What if they just put a deposit on them like we do with cans to promote recycling.
I’m not in favor of banning things, but depending how it is structured I could support structured discouraging.
FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Deposit systems can only do so much. We have a new plastic bottle deposit system here in the Netherlands, with about a 70 percent return rate. And you can return bottles at every supermarket.
I don’t think that would work with disposablevapes. Not unless you have really high deposits and strict sales policies. A lot of this stuff also gets imported from China, so that makes it quite impossible to collect deposits on them.
WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Myself I buy these disposables from time to time, but always return to small electronics recycle boxes. It’s still electronic after all, with a fucking lithium battery in it.
If you ask me - these should be banned. Only refillables should be allowed to exist.