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I hate it so much. I can’t buy shit without plastic.

They should just take a deposit for reusable ceramic, glass, or metal containers. If you want to keep it, keep it; if it is fine, you just return it and get your deposit. They can be sanitized.

In bakeries, deli, and butcher sections in supermarkets, everything is plastic.

I was so happy that a lot of places were banning plastic during the pandemic. The large trend only lasted a year in my country, but at least some businesses have dropped plastic bags altogether. Small wins?

Everything is wrapped in plastic now when it wasn't like it 30 years ago. I think the side-effects of microplastics are going to affect every child alive today for life.

This is just one of several "leads of our time".

PFAS is another.

Overuse of neonicotinoid pesticides is another.

It’s pretty much inescapable and we need government regulation. I’m surprised the EU hasn’t led the way here yet, but they probably will be among the first.

Plastic bottles are usually made from preforms delivered from the plastic bottle manufacturer. The rinsing would ideally be when the bottle is formed from a preform at the soda plant, before the bottle is filled. Some do this (sometimes with harsh chemicals), but most don’t as they consider the preform as sufficiently clean enough to fill.

I hate to break it to you... Glass bottle microplastics study

How do you think the gaskets are made?

It's more than just take-out packaging.

Ripping the plastic wrap from the meat or prepackaged fruit and veggies you purchased at the grocery store may contaminate your food with micro- and nanoplastics, according to new research.

Plastic contamination may also occur when you’re unwrapping deli meat and cheese, steeping a tea bag in hot water, or opening cartons of milk or orange juice. Glass bottles and jars with a plastic-coated metal closure may also shed microscopic bits of plastic, the study found.