The resounding incoherence of the Liberal plastic ban
Permit me to guffaw anyway, because down here in the mud there are certain insights that never get old, partly because ignoring them never seems to either. As my old bossrecently grumbled in the Post, “A longstanding problem in policy discussions is that people don’t consider what a proposed policy will actually do. Rather, they spend their time describing the desirable attributes of its platonic ideal.
Prosaic, I know. But as soon as my local grocery store stopped selling plastic bags it had the unintended consequence that I cancelled my grocery delivery service because there’s no way to get them my reusables and I’m not buying a new set every week. So I’m inconvenienced and entrepreneurs are harmed.Article content
Ditto plastic forks, straws and so on. I grant that litter is unsightly and occasionally harms wildlife. But reusable straws are less sanitary and if it saves just one life it’s worth it, right? It was certainly meant to be back when stores forbade reusable mugs during the COVID pseudo-crisis. I also notice that Big Environmentalist isn’t banning one-use plasticized milk cartons or bags, for reasons that are anyone’s guess. Like there’d be a riot. They also didn’t ban single-use synthetic-fibre masks, the cigarette butts of today when it comes to litter, because um shut up.
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