[antisthenes]

Single use plastics are such a red-herring.

I remember flying Lufthansa, where the crew asked us to reuse plastic cups for water in the name of being eco-friendly.

The hilarious thing was that we were onboard a giant 747-8, that was 70% empty.

Obviously it's not an either/or situation, but that banning single-use plastics is anywhere near even the top 10 things that we could be doing is laughable. I doubt it would even make the top 100.

[lopmotr]

It's highly visible in people's daily lives so they pressure politicians into it. It's not meant to solve any actual environmental problem, just a pointless populist policy.