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How would life be like with a plastic ban? (hexbear.net)
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Assuming that plastic ban was carried out (say in china) how would it affect imports and exports, what would the alternatives be, and would it even be feasible? If so, why has no nation even attempted a ban, even if slightly more expensive isn't aluminium, glass or carton a way healthier alternative?

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[โ€“] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This was touted a lot way back when, but suddenly capital has decided they have infinite amounts of energy for data centres. So in hindsight this feels a bit like a red herring / BP protip

in an ideal world we don't have consider the 'lifetime energy cost' because we ideally use energy from sources that don't ruin the world we live in

[โ€“] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

i think the BP part of it was caring about consumer use of shopping bags to begin with, plastic used in packaging that never gets to a shelf would be a better target of regulation if you had a government that wanted to actually do anything on that vector.