Comment on Microplastic overdose

FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  >go to mcdonald’s

  >order hot cakes and a large orange juice

  >receive hot cakes in plastic container, with six individually plastic wrapped teaspoons of butter and a plastic tub of high fructose corn syrup and a large plastic cup of orange juice

  >throw away plastic straw

  >pull out reusable metal straw

  >I’m saving the environment one breakfast at a time

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  • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ha ha in France they just stopped giving you straws. The paper cup for the drinks just said on it something like "To drink, remove lid and lift cup. You’re not an infant " lol

    Now they have those reusable cups and fry holders, which are suspiciously smaller than the paper ones

    Only thing I noticed that was single use plastic was the little tub of sauce

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    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      "To drink, remove lid and lift cup. You’re not an infant "

      Based as fuck.

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    • dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That little tub of sauce could be made of waxy paper entirely, albeit probably at the cost of a lower shelf life.

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    • joel_feila@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      What about people woth very limited arm use?

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      • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It’s almost as if those people would know to take a straw everywhere, seeing as they’ve lived with the condition

        You’re not helping progress with constantly saying “what about…?”

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      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        What about the people who can’t eat or drink and need nutrients pumped into their body intravenously?

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      • MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        We cannot let the few hold back the many

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    • Smoogs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah only thing is those cups are like that because people have cup holders in their car. So calling them an infant just cuz they don’t want to sue for lap burns is a bit short sighted.

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      • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        A) It’s for cold drinks

        B) If you drink coffee with a straw you should be sent to an island somewhere with the people who drive tiny-penis trucks

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    • Resol@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And then you find out that the lid itself is made of plastic

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Don’t forget the gallon of gas you burned in the drive thru 👍

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  • lennybird@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ah the, “I’ll have a diet coke with this Big Mag, Cheesecake bites, large French Fries” mindset.

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• Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Here, the paper straws were individually packed in plastic foil.

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  • MashedTech@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    WHAT?!???!?

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    • Meowoem@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s probably a lie, people do that a lot

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      • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        i’ve seen that happen from time to time on prepackaged coffee drinks and juice boxes and the like.

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  • Patches@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yes but that was bio-degradable plastic. It will only last 10,000 years in a landfill instead of eternity.

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• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I know this probably isn’t the best place, but I really hate the way paper straws feel, but I also hate being handed a any straw when I can just drink straight from the cup anyway.

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• SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s why the EU voted in regulations today against single use packaging despite howls of protest from the fast food industry.

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  • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    really? cool!

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    • SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      euronews.com/…/meps-back-drastic-cut-in-packaging…

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• Smokeless7048@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  In my community, most of the lids are biodegradable. Still not great (require an industrial composter), but at least if it is left out, it does breakdown somewhat faster than “never”

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