This has already received a lot of derision on FB comments regarding the announcement of the Ziploc bags being distributed, which is making me think that Disney have already shot themselves in the foot with the whole environmental virtue-signalling bandwagoning. That said, someone did counter the do-gooders' comments by saying that bags, including Ziploc bags, are reusable, even if it's often conflated with single-use, and that, as the article mentioned, Disney will provide recycling bins for those bags if people don't want them anymore, but personally, I'm going to save mine when I get one on Splash Mountain, in keeping with my personal policy of always saving plastic bags.https://twitter.com/Blog_Mickey/status/1042045318773321728
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Perhaps a good place to store the paper straws we will bring with us into the parks...
You're exactly right about this from what I read... but fears were unfounded and so premature. Disney has trash cans and recycling bins EVERYWHERE -- nothing to lead people to think they'd ignore the need for recycling near this distribution.
This is living proof that Disney can, indeed, introduce more plastic recycling in the Parks. Perhaps they should also expand that to carrier bags, even though I get the feeling that they're going to reduce the number given out somewhere down the line, and that, from what I can gather, people do reuse them at home, and some do recycle them in their local Walmart or whichever supermarket they go to, since not all municipal recycling schemes can handle 02/04 H/LDPE plastic carrier bags.
For those who really prefer a lid, they make silicone ones:
($3.59 for 6!)
and they come in other colors, too:
https://www.opentip.com/search.php?...MIvsagzv2I3QIVgVuGCh2I2QM9EAkYBSABEgKNofD_BwE
Seems like they would be very light to pack and way easier to clean than straws!
Seeing as I'm going in March, though at the very beginning of the month, if the straws definitely get replaced by then and the lids eliminated, as much as I'm not expecting that to happen because March isn't mid-2019 according to Disney's environmental announcement, I guess I'm going to have to be very careful, especially if I have my camera out.
The State of California recently passed a law limiting distribution of plastic straws. However, from what I can gather, it only covers TS-type restaurants, with QS-type restaurants being exempt, which is pretty much like how the bag ordinance in LA and the statewide bag ban exempt non-food stores from being required to use 2.25mil plastic or paper bags, and to charge for them.
But is the alternative going to be satisfactory enough and not have too many drawbacks? Because I get the feeling that paper isn't always going to work with every disability, and really, they should be looking to bioplastic instead.
I haven’t personally seen them but have used different types of paper straws and yes some are awful but others are better.
The Aardvark ones are great, but my biggest concern lies within how the en masse adoption of paper straws is going to lead to unintended environmental consequences due to the heavy carbon footprint and the amount of waste paper straw usage is going to generate. When I was trying to enjoy a cocktail in a bar a few months ago, I went through more than one paper straw just to finish off one drink, and it's made me think that if every business adopted paper straws, it'll only lead to more global warming and waste, though the waste problem is negated by the natural biodegradable properties paper has. However, this then leaves the problem of the greater environmental impact paper production has, and even with PCR pulp, if we end up consuming paper straws at the same rate as plastic, then the high demand is only going to accelerate global warming due to the high energy and logistics demand that paper yields, so something a lot more sustainable and on-par with plastics in terms of advantages, yet also naturally biodegradable, is what's really needed.
