To ask what one thing you would ban to help the environment?

[AngryBirdsNoMore]

Following on from @GADday’s well meaning thread about disposable sanitary products being an option to phase out to help the environment - what one thing would you ban to help the environment?

Let’s not get into sanitary products again. That thread makes clear that disposable sanitary products are probably here to stay for a range of reasons…

Ill go first:

Private planes. I’m struggling to think of any reason why they’re necessary especially for short flights.

Humans

Glitter. Even the stuff that calls itself non toxic and biodegradable. It isn’t. The stuff is just absolute MOOP with no useful purpose whatsoever to balance out the negative.

Private water companies.

Drinks in single use plastic bottles. I would add lot of free water fountains everywhere. There is a town in America who has successfully done this.

What is MOOP?

But YES agree on glitter. I wince when I look back at the 00s when no outfit was complete without it.

Monty Don wants to ban plastic grass, and he’s got a point.

I’d wouldn’t ban anything as such, but would insist all new housing meets much more stringent standards (although I do accept this would cause other problems for those unable to access owning their own homes)

I don't think banning things is the way forward. I would love to see a deposit placed on every recyclable drink can and bottle and have some form of reverse vending machine where you can pay them in for a credit on an app. Even if the drinker didn't put the can into the machine, it would increase the chances of someone else picking it up and recycling it.

hollow laugh

Oil investments

Not ban but I'd ration flight miles for both individuals and corporations for any type of flight.

This is interesting. Would you be able to buy / sell your miles?

Balloons
Bottled water
Non-recyclable plastics

Second homes
Carnivorous pets
Motor sports

Aeroplanes.

Plastic plants and grass.

Anything that's not repairable. All the devices with rechargeable batteries that can't be replaced because they are sealed units. I can't understand why they are still allowed.

Fast Fashion
Plastic Grass
Single use plastic

No, I think to get the benefit they would have to be non-transferrable - otherwise people who were never going to use their allowance would inevitably 'transfer' (i.e. sell under the table) their miles to the usual frequent flyers and little would change. Alongside this, I would ban 'air miles' and any other flight-related promotions, advertising of flights (basically treat flying like tobacco).

Why carnivorous pets?

Disposable vapes

Large families - no one 'needs' more than 3 children. - unpolicable though

Plastic grass
More public water fountains
Individually wrapped sweets

Processed convenience food - go back to a time without mass produced crisps, sweets, chocolate etc it does none of us any good and when you look down a supermarket aisle and all that packaging that is going to end up in landfill its quite sickening really.

I'd ban people from using strong pesticides and weed killer in their gardens.

Not a ban but I would massively subsidise train travel in the UK as has been done across Europe.

Yip

Bottled water in locations that have safe, freely available tap water. Exceptions and allowances for where mains supply is interrupted or non excitement.

Single use plastics of all kinds. I spend so much (work) money every year resolving avoildable problems created by plastic waste in rivers. Usually money that has actually been allocated for something better!