https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/12/03/honolulu-city-council-expected-pass-strict-plastics-ban/

rejoice!!!

I've seen many places on Oahu that are going with the paper straws already.  They've been doing the paper straws at many hotels in Guam for at least the past year.  Those things are aweful.  If you don't finish your drink in say 10 mins after you start, all mess up.  When on work travel, I sometimes get an iced coffee on the way out of the hotel. 

Our great law makers not thinking 4 steps ahead, but with emotion instead.  I've tried a wooden fork and it sucks.  Doesn't grab as good as a plastic or metal one.  So lets cut down more trees to make said forks.

On a plus, Rainbow Drive Inn switched from paper plates to plastic years ago.  Maybe because the sauce/gravy made the plates soggy.  But I do notice a difference in flavor.  So this is 1 place that I'm glad will be forced to switch back to paper plates.

Bring back the sugarcane plantations and make plates out of the product (bagasse). It can also be used to produce electricity in Co-Gen plants. ....and we can drink the juice too. See we can make Hawaii environmentally friendly, renewable energy friendly and all of us healthy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagasse

Assault straws

Make everybody bring their on plate or bowl and eating utensils, you know, like how you have to bring your own shopping bag.  If the customer doesn’t have one, charge them extra for a reusable one.  I also have an unopened box of 3000 plastic straws.  Don’t know where I got it from, but I didn’t buy it. 

Assault straws

As long as the straw holder can't fit more than 10 straws in it.

Assault straws

Spitball ammo 

Only single shot capability though

Don’t know where I got it from, but I didn’t buy it.

straw purchase...

straw purchase...

Heads

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I going wait till one year after the ban and then go put couple handfuls at all the fast food places.

We aren't the culprits and certainly not our plastic utensils.
https://www.facebook.com/inspiringecosystempreservation/videos/1739179619551534/

I hope they make an exemption for meals on wheels food for our kupuna.
Mean while.....

I've seen many places on Oahu that are going with the paper straws already.  They've been doing the paper straws at many hotels in Guam for at least the past year.  Those things are aweful.  If you don't finish your drink in say 10 mins after you start, all mess up.  When on work travel, I sometimes get an iced coffee on the way out of the hotel.

I am not a fan of them but I don't mind using them. I realize straws are a tiny drop in the bucket but the level of inconvenience I face for a straw ban is minimal so I don't care.

I hope they make an exemption for meals on wheels food for our kupuna.
Mean while.....

that video didn't name the United States...so why all the bans here?
I used to deliver food for Meals on Wheels till I realized that over half of the customers on the route I was assigned to had able bodied people to get food for their families. I lost motivation after that. I had Downtown and included Mayor Wrights.

I am not a fan of them but I don't mind using them. I realize straws are a tiny drop in the bucket but the level of inconvenience I face for a straw ban is minimal so I don't care.

So you only care if something impacts you directly? The principle of the matter doesn’t bother you?

So you only care if something impacts you directly? The principle of the matter doesn’t bother you?

What is the principle of the matter?
And what is the real significant negative for anyone?

we should also ban those ketchup packets that come in ...plastic!

What is the principle of the matter?
And what is the real significant negative for anyone?

It’s not the inconvenience of the measure. If you can’t see the principle at this point, no sense trying to explain it to you.

If I recall correctly, you’re all for the masses paying for climate change taxes. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Taiwan charges for plastic bags.  The US equivalent is about $0.05.  Even got holograms on some bags so people can't counterfeit it like how they do rice.