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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Shopping bags used to be free but they started charging for them and slowly people adapted to buying more robust reusable bags. Great to no longer see bags flying about in the streets.

Plastic straws are gone. Plastic cutlery is gone. Both are made from paper in McDonald's.

There's been good movement to reduce plastics. That said there is still a tonne used. My recycling bag at home has so much plastic in it. There really needs more to be done.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Something must be done about PET bottles and soap/shampoo/butter/cheese/etc. packaging.