Believe me, I've thought of that scene many times over the years!
Here, we've started implementing the banning of single use plastics several years ago...from stopping the use of free plastic carrier bags and replacing with woven or paper.... to changing from plastic straws to paper, and from plastic cutlery to balsa wood...
Yes, you're quite right, mostly the younger generation will use a wheelie suitcase for their shopping. It looks more cool than a shopping trolley on wheels for them, and it makes a lot of sense because most wheeled luggage holds loads, and is pushed alongside you on 4 wheels, I I think it's a great idea..especially, as you discovered on your trip that generally speaking our Shopping Malls are enormous, sometimes 5 or 6 storeys high,(not including the rooftop and underground parking ) and many stores are 3 or 4 storeys high too, so using a piece of luggage instead of carrying plastic bags makes good sense all round!!
I can't wrap my head around the benefit of switching from plastic to aluminum or glass beverage containers.
I think that the beverage industry would be better off scrapping the ready-made products in favor of an at-home beverage system that uses branded pods. Imagine how much would be saved in transportation, handling, shelf space, etc...
https://www.coca-colacompany.com/st...ges-including-coca-cola-with-push-of-a-button
The Keurig Kold was taken off the market for a variety of reasons.
| FACT #1 | About 8 million metric tons of plastic are thrown into the ocean annually[1]. Of those, 236,000 tons are microplastics[2] ā tiny pieces of broken-down plastic smaller than your little fingernail |
| FACT #2 | There are five massive patches of plastic in the oceans around the world. These huge concentrations of plastic debris cover large swaths of the ocean; the one between California and Hawaii is the size of the state of Texas[3] |
| FACT #3 | Every minute, one garbage truck of plastic is dumped into our oceans[4] |
| FACT #4 | The amount of plastic in the ocean is set to increase tenfold by 2020[5] |
| FACT #5 | By 2050 there will be more plastic in the oceans than there are fish (by weight)[6] |
| FACT #6 | Plastic is found in the ocean as far as 11km deep, meaning synthetic fibers have contaminated even the most remote places on Earth[7] |
| FACT #7 | Many marine organisms canāt distinguish common plastic items from food. Animals who eat plastic often starve because they canāt digest the plastic and it fills their stomachs, preventing them from eating real food[8] |
| FACT #8 | The likelihood of coral becoming diseased increases from 4% to 89% after coming in contact with marine plastic. It also damages the skin of coral, allowing infection[9]. Coral reefs are home to more than 25% of marine life.[10] |
| FACT #9 | There is more plastic than natural prey at the sea surface of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which means that organisms feeding at this area are likely to have plastic as a major component of their diets. For instance, sea turtles by-caught in fisheries operating within and around the patch can have up to 74% (by dry weight) of their diets composed of ocean plastics.[11] |
| FACT #10 | Many fish humans consume, including brown trout, cisco, and perch, have at one time or another, ingested plastic microfibers.[12] |
Don't your grocery stores have trash bins for those plastic sacks?
