Banning plastic bans every 3rd of the month, is that enough?!

in #dtubesnapq5 years ago


This morning I quickly went to assist my brother with food shopping as my mum and I will be away at a Buddhist temple for a few days, so my brother needed to stock up on the goods. Upon paying, he noticed they weren't packaging his items in a plastic bag! That's because it's the 3rd of December. It's Thailand's slow crackdown on single use plastics, by introducing this initiative to ban the use of plastic bags on the 3rd of every month. It's a good start, but more needs to be done. I want to know how you play your role in saving the planet? What are your tips and initiatives? Hopefully, people can share!


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And the cups, all the plastic cups! And bowls, and all the packaging! It's insane how much trash a person can produce in a day! :/

It's insane the amount that is used out here in South East Asia! And its given out like candy. Its the corporations that can make the change and the difference, but from the look of things they aren't prepared to give up some profits for the sake of the future. Short gains for long term headaches.

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It should be banned everyday everywhere.

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Yes @boyanpro! I'm aware plastics are useful in certain items where there are no efficient alternatives, but in the case of plastic bags there are, so ban them not right or stop producing them even!

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I think it of course helps to build awareness of the people for this topic. Combined with some tv shows and other initiatives that could have a big impact on the little consumers.

Here in Germany it is common since some years that a plastic bags costs a lot more than the paper ones. Also you have almost on every supermarket cashier bags out of textile and if I forgot mine - i buy one of these for <1€.

I hope we will have more of these initiatives all around the globe and the humanity will reduce that plastic crap.....

Thanks for asharing and asking for our opinions my friend!

Thanks for getting involved in the conversation @tibfox! I thought you would as you are a big part of the @cleanplanet movement.

Yes, education is key and constant reminders/events/advertising is needed as well.

Its not easy and I have heard a theory from a Thai person saying its not all their fault as countries in South East Asia get paid to have the developed countries trash sent to them and they have to sort this overflow of sh*t. I'm sure it's true, but its only a part of the problem as I have seen first hand the amount of plastic being given out carelessly. Just going into a supermarket to buy a can of coke, you end up with a plastic bag, plastic straw, which has a plastic cover over it. How did an aluminium can (which is the thing you are buying) turn out to be outclassed by plastic 3:1?! And the plastic was free...

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