[ex3xu]

If a doctor told you to stop smoking and lower your blood pressure, would you berate him for pushing to make your life miserable?

Our collective addiction to the conveniences of modern life is leading to the proliferation of carcinogenic materials and destroying the environment. Generations upon generations lived without these spoils uphill both ways without complaint. If the slightest suggestion of lifting some weight and going for a walk is enough to induce abject misery, it might be a good time to re-evaluate the way we do things.

[ars]

Plastic dishes are not hurting the environment. This is 100% about appearances, it's actually helping anything at all.

[red-iron-pine]

Microplastics are everywhere, and you can't use those plastic dishes without some of them coming off -- into water, into the air, and into your food (and therefore your body).

Microplastics are absolutely hurting the environment, and are contributing to things like endocrine disruption.

[ars]

That's not true. Microplastics are not coming from dishes. They are coming from fabrics, and from litter.