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I would rank the danger from straws as less of a threat than possibly getting shivved downtown or stepping on a needle in the park. A nice to do, perhaps, but way way down the list of priorities. Low hanging fruit indeed.
Plastic bag bans/regulation/charges
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Posted 22 May 2018 - 05:28 PM
What if you get shivved by a straw?
Edited by VicHockeyFan, 22 May 2018 - 05:28 PM.
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<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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Posted 22 May 2018 - 05:29 PM
...Low hanging fruit indeed.
Definitely, but it's sure to appeal to a certain demographic in time for the October municipal election.
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Posted 22 May 2018 - 05:30 PM
What if you get shivved by a straw?
What type of straws do they have in prison?
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Posted 22 May 2018 - 05:59 PM
Straw bans have now been announced by Vancouver, Seattle and Alaska Airlines. Other jurisdictions also considering a ban, most notably the entire country of Britain.
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Posted 22 May 2018 - 06:32 PM
^^ Yeah, what kind???
Predictive text and a tiny keyboard are not my friends!
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Posted 22 May 2018 - 06:40 PM
I'm thinking, but not certain, that prison shivv instruments are somewhat controlled.
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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Posted 22 May 2018 - 07:18 PM
I did not even know straws was an issue an still used on a large scale.
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Posted 22 May 2018 - 07:42 PM
^ You don't eat much fast food do ya?
Predictive text and a tiny keyboard are not my friends!
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Posted 22 May 2018 - 09:14 PM
I don't need a straw for your average drink at the bar or pop at McDonald's, but how are people supposed to drink a slurpee or a milkshake?
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Posted 22 May 2018 - 09:16 PM
I don't need a straw for your average drink at the bar or pop at McDonald's, but how are people supposed to drink a slurpee or a milkshake?
What if you are using a drive thru and dinking the pop while you drive?
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Posted 23 May 2018 - 06:28 AM
Will we have to bring our own metal spoons to eat a Blizzard?
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Posted 23 May 2018 - 06:32 AM
I don't need a straw for your average drink at the bar or pop at McDonald's, but how are people supposed to drink a slurpee or a milkshake?
Paper straw.
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Posted 23 May 2018 - 06:32 AM
What about plastic cutlery? Can't let that escape the noose!
Helps' nanny state, hard at work with your tax dollars.
Good idea. That one is much easier. The Public Market has wooden cutlery.
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Posted 23 May 2018 - 06:33 AM
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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Posted 23 May 2018 - 07:45 AM
Good idea. That one is much easier. The Public Market has wooden cutlery.
So we get to trade off risk of bacterial contamination vs landfill concerns.
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Posted 23 May 2018 - 08:59 AM
So we get to trade off risk of bacterial contamination vs landfill concerns.
Yep. Single use plastics are one of the biggest reasons why humankind doesn't have disease and death like we used to.
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Posted 23 May 2018 - 02:57 PM
Paper straw.
paper straws go soggy, and would never last through a full slurpee
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Posted 23 May 2018 - 03:03 PM
Helps is backtracking now and saying that a ban is not in the works according to CFAX.
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Posted 23 May 2018 - 04:36 PM
How many tens of thousands of pounds of plastic and galvanized steel was made redundant when the City provided every home with new tote bins?
Probably 100,000 times more plastic than Victoria’s yearly drinking straw consumption, in weight/landfill addition.
Probably 100,000 times more plastic than Victoria’s yearly drinking straw consumption, in weight/landfill addition.
Edited by VicHockeyFan, 23 May 2018 - 04:52 PM.
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<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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