Outlaw polystyrene drink and food containers
Polystyrene internationally and everywhere is the least or almost impossible to recycle plastic and is killing seabirds. We should follow california and bam pilystyrene food containers and cups
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Luka Love commented 2016-12-02 10:09:58 +1300Yeah, that’s a very good point Tim. Perhaps included in the legislation could be a standardised definition of terms including “biodegradable” to mean biodegradable under the normal (perhaps even regionally specific) environmental conditions these products will end up, i.e. Landfill. -
Tim O'Donnell commented 2016-12-01 20:07:55 +1300Be careful when talking biodegradable. There are plastic bags etc that are listed as such but they’re only biodegradable when exposed to constant weather (air, sun & rain). This means they are useless when put into landfill (which is where most of it goes). It’s a nasty trick on people trying to do the right thing
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Luka Love commented 2016-11-30 14:50:22 +1300As has been pointed out by a couple of others, this could part of a more comprehensive policy on waste reduction specifically around non-biodegradable and hazardous wastes. The definition of hazardous being broader than just “to humans”
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Graeme Kiyoto-Ward commented 2016-11-30 09:23:15 +1300One policy here if banning is the plan. I would say that using taxes to disincentivize is a better approach. Makes it Environment and Taxation. My view is add a balancing tax where a producer of consumer can externalize costs (from polluter to environment).
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Graeme Kiyoto-Ward tagged this with interesting 2016-11-30 09:23:14 +1300
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Graeme Kiyoto-Ward tagged this with important 2016-11-30 09:23:14 +1300
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Alexandra Hallatt commented 2016-11-30 06:47:21 +1300This makes sense as part of a broader policy to reduce waste. -
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Tim O'Donnell commented 2016-11-29 22:19:10 +1300Ban it or tax it at a high rate. Either way it needs to go. We need to do something about excessive packaging with plastics too
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