Ban All The Things

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1. Countries responsible for the biggest plastic pollution in our oceans:

   1) India (126.5 million kg).
   2) China (70.7 million kg).
   3) Indonesia (53.3 million kg).
   4) Brazil (38 million kg).
   5) Thailand (22.8 million kg).
   6) Mexico (3.5 million kg).

   Wait, I thought it was the countries that Trudeau and Greta Thunberg hate that do this. Well, guess not and Xi Jinping will be doing nothing about it. He could care less.

   Then again he’s a Communist and the world’s press love Communism

2. “Once in a fortnight or month, You may throw them into the river respectfully.”
   https://krishnatoday.com/disposing-used-puja-materials/

   If you type in “things to throw in the river” into this Brampton Ontario store’s search engine, you’ll find 85 recommendations
   https://pujahut.co/search?q=things+to+throw+in+the+river

   1. I didn’t see ‘Politicians’ anywhere in the search results, richfisher. Prolly just an oversight on their part.

3. That’s right. I’m your worst nightmare. Come get some!!!!

   1. Or: “Suck Me Off”

   2. Are we being faced with a straw man argument?

4. Plastics should – at their end life – be incinerated to produce electricity. I understand the Scandinavians do this

   1. Perhaps NOT all Scandinavians – but Denmark definitely. Copenhagen incinerates their garbage and turns it into electricity. Iceland, is part of the Danish “empire” and also incinerates the garbage and turns it into electricity.
      The Shetland Islands (part of Scotland) but on the route between Copenhagen and Iceland, also incinerates garbage (no place to put it) and uses it for electricity.
      I personally think ALL cities in Canada should incinerate their garbage and turn the heat into running the electrical generators. I am against landfills on principle.

      1. Sydney Nova Scotia had a plant to dispose of garbage but that was a major target of Lizzy May and the sierra club before she won the HOC lottery. Apparently there was too much particular matter before it went on its 4000km trip over the ocean. Greenies don’t want solutions. They can’t fundraise off a problem that is solved.

         1. “Greenies don’t want solutions. They can’t fundraise off a problem that is solved.”

            Absolutely. Too many people are either unaware of this fact, or deliberately ignore it.

5. Should save one bag at least for GIblets. Maybe a couple just in case

6. PFAS is an issue – plastics generally not.

7. “Talks in South Korea were supposed to be the last round and produce the first legally binding treaty on plastics pollution…”

   There is no such thing as a “legally binding” treaty between nations. One of the key prerogatives of being a sovereign state is that you get to decide, based on your own national interest, whether you want to abide by a treaty or not.

8. “…global crisis of plastic pollution…”

   There’s that word again. Maybe I just don’t understand the definition of “crisis”.