New York Metropolis is contemplating a ban on the usage of laundry detergent pods as a way to save the atmosphere. The ban would even embody a big effective for promoting them.
That is occurring as town struggles with unlawful border crossers, an enormous crime drawback, and a shrinking tax base as individuals with the means to take action flee town.
Don’t they’ve greater issues to deal with than laundry pods?
The New York Post stories:
NYC could ban detergent packs together with Tide PODS in newest ‘green’ crackdown — with fines as much as $1,200 for promoting them
New York Metropolis might quickly ban Tide PODS and different laundry-detergent packs below the most recent “green” push from lawmakers.
The “Pods are Plastic Bill,” launched by Metropolis Councilman James Gennaro final week, would make it unlawful to promote any pods and laundry sheets in the event that they’re made with polyvinyl alcohol.
Fines for promoting the pods would begin at $400, double for a second violation and high off at $1,200 for flouting the foundations greater than twice, if the invoice turns into regulation. The invoice would additionally require training and outreach to companies on the ban for the primary yr.
The regulation wouldn’t take impact till Jan. 1, 2026, if handed.
Polyvinyl alcohol, or PVA, is used as a movie in pods that dissolves in water throughout a wash cycle. However scientists counter that it breaks down into tiny microplastic items that also pollute waterways and slip via filtration methods.
About 19,000 tons of PVA are used every year in pods, with greater than 8,000 tons being left untreated in US water, in line with a 2021 research.
What do you assume comes subsequent?
A complete new black market. Laundry provides. pic.twitter.com/r4dTclARIG
— Hummingbirder (@Humming_birder) February 12, 2024
Simpler than attacking actual issues I suppose
— DSP (@DonnaPence5) February 13, 2024
Quickly, we’ll solely have the ability to wash our garments by beating them on rocks in a stream. https://t.co/SDfZFI48Nz
— Garden Guyland Bobby (@MetsBob) February 12, 2024
Is that this what progress seems to be like?
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