UK Pledge to Ban Single-Use Plastics Includes Wet Wipes
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https://www.ecowatch.com/wet-wipes-ban-uk-2566716761.html
While its a good move to a more environment friendly future, I can't help but think of so many people who find them necessary.
Ultimately we'll all eventually have to move towards the non-disposable lifestyle anyway. These changes are coming rather quickly in the UK tho
Good
single-use plastic bans are being phased in here in Australia, but the supermarkets have also been voluntarily implementing the bans themselves. I’ve been using reusable bags for a while, and I don’t see why anyone shouldn’t; they are stronger, can hold more things, are easier to carry, and if you use them enough, you are saving the environment.
wet wipes are a godsend for people cursed with hairy asses. it'll suck if they were taken away
Easy, just stick your butt in the kitchen sink
Can't you just take a shower? Or is that too Eastern-European for y'all?
Ive never met a single person who wipes their arse with a wet wipe. That seems like an american thing.
How the fuck do you take a shower at work
I can't imagine people using a bidet at work either.
just make your own wet wipes at home and carry them with you in a purse or such
Wet wipes are useful for so many things, what are you folks in the UK supposed to replace them with?
wipe ya ass with a leaf then let it naturally absorb into the earth.
natural and environmentally friendly.
And they also don't (if they're decent) cut into your hand if they load too much into them.
Makes no difference to me, I'll just import them from China instead along with my incandescent bulbs and plastic bags.
How does that work for families though? My mom on average brings back 20+ bags of groceries every trip to the store, and we're just a family of four.
Hardly. Mom takes advantage of every sale she can, and Kroger offers deals for buying multiples of an eligible item. We often have 15-20 boxes of cereal in the house alone, since everyone in our family eats it for breakfast.
Also, holy hell, the collapsible shopping crates are nearly 30 dollars a piece on amazon. It's going to be pretty hard to convince my parents to invest in them, especially since we also reuse the plastic bags as trash and recycle bags.
Why would you do to such effort to get incandescent bulbs? LED is superior in every single way. Sure they're expensive but they pay for themselves over and over in the money you save in running and replacement costs
We don't have bidets
I wish we had bidets
Can't she just buy 20 reusable bags? It'd barely cost a few dollars. Probably wouldn't even need as many, reusable bags are normally bigger than single use bags, and stronger so you don't need to double bag the heavy stuff.
I can't get my head around this "BUTT this will affect MEE!" attitude. It seems really selfish. We all share this planet, we should all work together to look after and improve its conditions.
And why is a family of four buying so much shit? 15-20 boxes of cereal in the cupboard is ridiculous. How much food gets wasted? There was seven of us in our household and we only bought a single trolley of shopping each week.
Come on man - we eat everything we buy, and we're not exactly well off, so buying in bulk when there's a sale is the cheaper option for us. Also, I'm not exactly in the position to tell my parents to "go full reusable, or else" - I never said I wouldn't do it myself, once I move out, but that's not happening any time soon.
Time to shave my arse then.
what the fuck? 20+?
i'm well off but i wouldnt feel the need for that kind of consumption...
Make your own wet wipes by spitting on your toilet paper before using.
dude you can just piss on the toilet paper before using it, the classic kill 2 birds with one stone
I already explained my mom buys in bulk to save money. We're not eating five meals a day, lol. Also, supermarket bags are lower quality than they used to be, so we don't tend to stuff them like we used to - otherwise they fall apart. Four or five item per bag, or possibly only 2 or three if they're big, times 20, isn't as much food as you all are making it out to be. It's just enough that reusable bags would be more hassle than my mom is probably willing to deal with. I'm not saying that's a good excuse - I'm just saying I'm sure as hell not going to argue against it when I'm totally dependent on them at this point in my life.
I can just picture the slogan now: "Soil for the soil."
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Use the affectionate tongue of a lover.
I legit will never understand why companies even create toilet paper that isn't meant to be flushable.
Do they seriously expect people to dump the shit-stained thing in the trash and let it stink up the room? It's not surprising why people flush them.
They flush, sure, but they don't go into the sewer system properly and they contribute to fatbergs.
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