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The EU wants to ban a fuckton of plastic products.

As covered previously, it won't do shit. the civilized world aren't the polluters.
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But seriously, it's those shithole countries that need to do that, the most. So good.
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I'm all for reducing waste. I wish the asshats here would start pushing it.

I mean in the U.S.
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Frappuccino drinks will still be served with dome lids, but with straws made from paper or compostable plastic.
God, these suck. Two sips and they're a collapsing turd in your mouth. And not sure that sippy cup lid is going to be reducing plastic in the oceans all that much.
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Vince wrote: And not sure that sippy cup lid is going to be reducing plastic in the oceans all that much.
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TheCatt wrote:Part of me is "Every part counts," the rest of me is "Dear God, make a real effort, people"
I'm in the camp of "If you're going to annoy me, make it count."
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yeah but the New England states banning plastic bags means rivers of plastics don't flow into the ocean in Indonesia.
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Neat how no one has started calling straws "turtle chokers" in order to push an agenda.

Yet.
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GORDON wrote: Neat how no one has started calling straws "turtle chokers" in order to push an agenda.

Yet.
Come on, that was good.
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How do they choke the turtle?
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Because sea.life ingest plastics.

YouTube turtle straw nose

Google whale stomach plastic bags
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No, I know it's all harmful to them. I just didn't know why "turtle choker."
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Chicken choker was already taken
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More choking in this thread then a private party with David Carradine.
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You people are dumb.
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Do turtles do coke? Is that the joke?
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