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Meanwhile, in New York...

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  • JollyJ Offline
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    Jolly
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    #1

    Plastics...

    https://nypost.com/2024/04/21/us-news/ny-environmentalists-next-target-individually-wrapped-cheese-slices-face-ban-under-far-reaching-bill/

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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    • MikM Offline
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      There's some reason for reducing plastics. But as usual they will try to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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        #3

        As far as individual cheese slices go, they've got a point. It's very wasteful. When you buy them pre-sliced from the deli they're not wrapped like that.

        I was only joking

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        • MikM Offline
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          Yes, but you've still got the plastic wrapper the plastic wrapped cheese slices come in.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • RenaudaR Offline
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            If I see too much plastic wrapping, I don’t buy the product.

            Elbows up!

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            • jon-nycJ Online
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              I remember a friend from Europe once telling me that the US forces you to create much more trash than other parts of the world. It might even have been Klaus.

              They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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              • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                I remember a friend from Europe once telling me that the US forces you to create much more trash than other parts of the world. It might even have been Klaus.

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                @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, in New York...:

                I remember a friend from Europe once telling me that the US forces you to create much more trash than other parts of the world. It might even have been Klaus.

                If you read the comments to the article, you'll come to realise that that's ok, because Taylor Swift has a private jet.

                I was only joking

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                • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                  @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, in New York...:

                  I remember a friend from Europe once telling me that the US forces you to create much more trash than other parts of the world. It might even have been Klaus.

                  If you read the comments to the article, you'll come to realise that that's ok, because Taylor Swift has a private jet.

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                  @Doctor-Phibes said in Meanwhile, in New York...:

                  Taylor Swift has a private jet.

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • JollyJ Offline
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                    Environmentalism. It's not a bad thing in a capitalistic society, if it's done right. This is where we could do good, while not hurting business.

                    The cheese wrappers aren't the problem, it's the attitude. The attitude should be to package what we can in reusable packaging. From soft drnks in glass bottles to more products in paper packaging. To build cars and houses that last longer and are easy to repair.

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                    • JollyJ Jolly

                      Environmentalism. It's not a bad thing in a capitalistic society, if it's done right. This is where we could do good, while not hurting business.

                      The cheese wrappers aren't the problem, it's the attitude. The attitude should be to package what we can in reusable packaging. From soft drnks in glass bottles to more products in paper packaging. To build cars and houses that last longer and are easy to repair.

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                      @Jolly said in Meanwhile, in New York...:

                      The cheese wrappers aren't the problem, it's the attitude. The attitude should be to package what we can in reusable packaging. From soft drnks in glass bottles to more products in paper packaging. To build cars and houses that last longer and are easy to repair.

                      The attitude is also behind the reaction which tends to treat any attempt to reward more environmental responsibility as an assault on personal freedom.

                      I for one am not going to war over Kraft cheese slices. You heard it here first.

                      I was only joking

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                      • RenaudaR Offline
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                        I wouldn’t go to war either over Kraft cheese slices. I just won’t buy them.

                        Elbows up!

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                        • JollyJ Offline
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                          Jolly
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                          No, you're cheesy enough as it is.

                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                            LuFins Dad
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                            No problem with good stewardship. But they do need to get rid of those wretched compostable paper straws. Those things are horrible.

                            And banning individual wrapped cheese? No problem, but it’s pissing in the ocean compared to the plastic contamination from India…

                            The Brad

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                            • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                              No problem with good stewardship. But they do need to get rid of those wretched compostable paper straws. Those things are horrible.

                              And banning individual wrapped cheese? No problem, but it’s pissing in the ocean compared to the plastic contamination from India…

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                              @LuFins-Dad said in Meanwhile, in New York...:

                              And banning individual wrapped cheese? No problem, but it’s pissing in the ocean compared to the plastic contamination from India…

                              They still recycle more of it than we do.

                              Please love yourself.

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                              • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                No problem with good stewardship. But they do need to get rid of those wretched compostable paper straws. Those things are horrible.

                                And banning individual wrapped cheese? No problem, but it’s pissing in the ocean compared to the plastic contamination from India…

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                                @LuFins-Dad said in Meanwhile, in New York...:

                                it’s pissing in the ocean compared to the plastic contamination from India…

                                This is the argument that gets used over and over again by people who want to do nothing rather than lead the way.

                                I was only joking

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                                • JollyJ Jolly

                                  No, you're cheesy enough as it is.

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                                  @Jolly said in Meanwhile, in New York...:

                                  No, you're cheesy enough as it is.

                                  True, I have stayed sharp and aged well for close to 70 years now.

                                  Elbows up!

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