I've been in Japan for 15 years but Idon't think I've seen these here in a long while. Maybe it's a regional thing?
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It's sold in every sushi box in France. I guess it's a way to pretend it's a Japanese thing.
Interesting! I know we used to have them in Japan, but they must have phased them out over time because I didn't notice they were gone until I saw this article lol. I mostly see clear packets that you tear, similar to ketchup packets.
Al Gore is going to have a field day with this.
I'm gonna say it:
The problem is not the fish-shaped plastic per se, but the fact that so much of it ends up in the ocean: Why do we still not collect and burn plastics properly? People throw their waste everywhere because there's not enough waste bins in comfortable walking distance. In Vienna, where waste bins are frequent on the streets (you basically never have to walk more than 30 meters to one, no matter where you sit and pause, somehow), there is literally no litter in the environment. No plastic articles or metal cans on the streets. Very rare cigarettes laying around. That's because Vienna has enough trash cans. Many cities don't have that and people have literally no choice to dispose of their trash properly because there's simply no trash cans around, so you either carry your dirty plastic packaging in your backpack and therefore sully your backpack with the grease on the packaging, or throw it into the environment.
Then, there needs to be strict laws that say that all plastic waste has to be burned, not dumped into the environment.
Then, biodegradable bioplastics would also mitigate this problem a lot.
Burning plastic does not mitigate its environmental effects, and infact would increase air pollution and microplastics exponentially if we were to start.
I fully agree with the rest, but burning plastic is definitely not the answer.
So, did you just come up with that, or do you actually know something about industrial incinerators used for power generation?
i too would like any kind of reasonable source about this, because i've heard very different from a many colleagues who work in this field.
modern incineration sites are very clean and produce no significant air polluting output. at least in modern sites. microplastics is also not an issue with these. the problem is that the trash gets thrown in rivers and forests where it breaks into microplastics, but that isn't an issue if it's all collected and incinerated.
Ironically, Japan has almost no trash bins. You'll find them next to vending machines - you're expected to consume there and throw away packaging immediately, or take the rubbish with you.
So pick a lane. 100 bins per square kilometer, or none.
Anywhere in between evidently sucks.
People throw their waste everywhere because there’s not enough waste bins in comfortable walking distance
I see almost daily people throwing trash on the street in front of an empty recycle bin. I think the issue is more about people not giving a shit than convenience of finding a trashcan or keeping stuff in your pocket until you do.
In addition, too many people don't even care enough to use the correct bin. Every bin day my neighbours bins are overflowing with no recyclables in their recycling bin. I wouldn't be surprised if the bins were meaningless and it all went in a hole in the ground
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I don't think you even begin to understand what it's like to have billions of people on the earth.
No matter what we do, people will still slip through the cracks and this litter will get out.
is this like for food delivery?
I’ve got a fridge drawer for these.
I never knew these existed and now I kindof want one. Lol maybe I'll see one in an antique store in 40 years