@ISIDEWITHQuestionsenvironmentStarted 8yrs agoActive 5 days ago

Should disposable products (such as plastic cups, plates, and cutlery) that contain less than 50% of biodegradable material be banned?

In 2016, France became the first country to ban the sale of plastic disposable products that contain less than 50% of biodegradable material and in 2017, India passed a law banning all plastic disposable plastic products.

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33%
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64%
Yes
23%
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3%
Yes, and ban all disposable products that are not made of at least 75% of biodegradable material
6%
No, but increase tax incentives for companies that make biodegradable products
4%
No, increase consumer incentives to recycle these products instead

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 @8KQL6XNfrom British Columbia  answered…4yrs4Y

I agree to ban all disposable products that are not made of at least 75% of biodegradable material but also fix our recycling programs and GET HONEST about what Canada REALLY IS RECYCLING!! Programs for residential sorting at the curbside, THEN fines to loose individuals who don't sort properly

 @B3P2J3Mfrom British Columbia  answered…5 days5D

I think that you should discourage products with less biodegradable materials, and add a higher cost on those, while reducing prices on more biodegradable products.

 @B3N9LZBfrom Ontario  answered…5 days5D

Yes, but since that makes up less than 1% of plastic polluting the oceans we should really be focusing on fishing nets which are the number one thing polluting our oceans

 @B3FD3S3from Ontario  answered…2wks2W

We should pour more money into researching ways to actually responsibly manage and recycle materials that are damaging our environment

 @B3DJY38from Ontario  answered…2wks2W

No, increase consumer incentive to recycle! But keep in mind that it's a generational cycle. It's contradictory. If you eliminate plastic products and increase paper products, the "tree huggers" complain. Benefits of disposable plastic products outweigh the destruction of our forests. It's so inconvenient to bring our own biodegradable bags, which cannot be used for anything else. Plastic garbage bags are used to line my garbage cans. I now have to buy plastic bags so I'm not really saving the environment am I? I'm now paying for plastic bags for my garbage cans and I'm paying for biodegradable bags for my purchases. It's ridiculous! It's causing more garbage not less.

 @B3DB5PQfrom Ontario  answered…2wks2W

No. Bring back plastic bags. Reusable ones are more wasteful and I'm not using less plastic bags, I'm just buying them differently

 @B3D84CLfrom Ontario  answered…2wks2W

No, let them remain but also create disposable products that are under 50%. Keep both products for efficiency but our government must be strict on the proper waste responsibility.

 @B3BG585from Ontario  answered…2wks2W

For certain things, tim hortons is still using plastic cups when they have paper straws, paper straws suck.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…4mos4MO

House Democrats Filibuster Flip-Flop: Keep It When the GOP’s in Charge, Kill It When We Are

Filibuster for me, but not for thee. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), an outspoken critic of the Senate filibuster, indicated Monday that she will not support axing the procedural hurdle as long as Republicans control the White House and both houses of Congress. “Am I championing getting rid of the filibuster now when the Senate has the trifecta? No,” the chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus said at a press conference on Capitol Hill. “But had we had the trifecta, I would have been, because we have to show that government can deliver,” Jayapal added. The Senate filibuster rule, which requires a 60-vote threshold to end debate and pass most types of legislation in the upper chamber, is seen as the best chance Democrats have at blocking the adoption of President-elect Donald Trump agenda – with Republicans taking a 53-47 seat advantage in the Senate and expected to retain a slim majority in the House. Jayapal, as recently as September, was pushing to “abolish” what she called the “Jim Crow filibuster.” “The filibuster was originally created *by mistake* in 1806,” she wrote on X. “Every day we don’t abolish it is just as big a mistake.”The Washington Democrat dislikes that the procedural tool makes it difficult for progressives to ram their agenda through Congress. “It’s the filibuster OR an assault weapons ban. It’s the filibuster OR codified abortion access. It’s the filibuster OR raising the minimum wage. It’s the filibuster OR protecting voting rights. The choice is clear. Abolish the Jim Crow filibuster,” Jayapal tweeted. The progressive rep argued Monday that passing a liberal agenda would’ve “built some trust with the American people.”“If we had had control of the trifecta and gotten rid of the filibuster to pass minimum wage, to pass paid sick leave, to pass many of these things that are passing – abortion access – that are passing on ballot measures that are so popular … then I think we would have built some trust with the American people,” Jayapal argued.

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