[K9Grip]

Originally Posted by Brometheus ↗

^ i'm really wondering if anyone actually read the article though.. They're mainly concerned about the bottles ending up in the ocean. Haven't seen anyone discuss this or how effective the ban would be for the environment.

I do read the articles, but then when I hit the comments section I start thinking about what the members are saying too. Sometimes things stray...

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by Sharon. ↗

More money making absurdities Plastic bottles are supposed to be recycled - enforce doing that rather than an outright ban and possible fine

half of plastic bottles are thrown away instead of recycled.
around 20% of the plastic bottles in oceans comes from ships and the other 80 from waste disposal, most from Japan and U.S.
A solution would be this http://www.gizmag.com/360-paper-water-bottle/11927/ but if there are no laws for this the industry will give not a single shit and only go for profit.