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Striker@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Microplastic overdose

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Microplastic overdose

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Striker@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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  • FiskFisk33@startrek.website
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    I got a milkshake a while back, in a plastic container, with a plastic lid, for some reason it also came with a plastic spoon, and a paper straw, since they are cutting down on plastics…

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

          Based as fuck.

        • Resol van Lemmy@lemmy.world
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          And then you find out that the lid itself is made of plastic

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          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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          What about people woth very limited arm use?

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

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            We cannot let the few hold back the many

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          Yeah only thing is those cups are like that because people have cup holders in their car or walking with open hot drinks. So calling them an infant just cuz they don’t want to sue their company burns is a bit short sighted. Weirdly bad marketing that they should overlook that as one of the most common demographic getting a packed breakfast in the morning

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            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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              Isn’t that the island we’re on already?

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

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

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

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        WHAT?!???!?

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

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

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        deleted by creator

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      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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      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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        really? cool!

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          https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/11/22/meps-back-drastic-cut-in-packaging-waste-but-ngos-say-law-watered-down

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