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‘It was a plague’: Killarney becomes first Irish town to ban single-use coffee cups
(www.theguardian.com)
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what a great idea. i would like to see this in my own home town. so much waste could be avoided…
A town I used to live in ve in got rid of all public waste bins and made steep fines for littering. Was super frustrating for the first year but I think was an excellent idea. Forced residents and tourists to be more thoughtful about waste. Carry in carry out in parks etc. The biggest surprise was that it really noticeably cut down on mosquito and bee pests throughout the town. The US really needs to take more actions like this. The amount of waste in public areas is astonishing compared to the vast majority of other countries I've been to. Tell your local representatives about these ideas.
That's an interesting idea. I can see local businesses having a whinge about it for a couple reasons: 1) people less likely to buy snacks/drinks on the go and 2) the business now has to deal with lots of extra rubbish that used to go in the public bins outside. Was there any push back? People were a bit whingey about the plastic bag ban here at first but I think most people have accepted it now (although I do forget my reusable bags on an annoyingly regular basis).
Nothing too vocal that I recall. Was a pretty progressive town. I'm sore about the plastic bag thing though. I reused all those bags for house trash or lunches and had to switch to purchasing separate single purpose bags for those things.
You could get reusable sandwich bags and compostable bin bags.
I lost the 'just enough' source for bags to pick up the dog's shit in.
Personally, the plastic bag ban has resulted in me just purchasing much less or avoiding purchases entirely, especially if it's something I'm unable to carry to my home with my bare hands. In hindsight that has reduced a lot of primary waste as well