PAP government is serious about neither COVID-19 nor environmental problems facing the world.

[bic_cherry]

PAP government is serious about neither COVID-19 nor environmental problems facing the world.


If they were really serious about the environment, they would have worked with all hawkers and food delivery companies NOT to provide any cutlery (and possibly packaging) to reduce environmental damage and also so that people don't bring their food and eat in public places, which defeats the purpose of preventing dining in. Since only delivery folks who work individually need cutlery, only food purchased by delivery staff for own consumption need disposable cutlery. Food purchased by taxi drivers, menial workers etc all do not need cutlery since majority of these folks can bring along their own reusables (ample space in taxi/ company truck) etc or be provided reusable/disposable cutlery by employers in office pantry, worksites by foreman etc (who are aware about the worksite conditions and also well reminded to provide for rest areas for their employees as well).(PS: cutlery is basic part of SAF soldiers full pack contents as well).

Actually, in future, government should just provide a vending machine to sell reusable cutlery at a discount/ cost and disposable cutlery at a price that includes the tax levy for damage to the environment as well. The issuance of disposable cutlery by hawkers and food vendors should be outlawed altogether and all disposable containers should be taxed heavily at source of importation and production as well.

Government needs to improve its policy quality in this area, otherwise, talk about suppressing COVID-19 and protecting the environment is probably more mere lip service than fact.

Singapore should really relook it's huge waste generating wastage and abuse of disposables culture.

 

[laksaboy]

If they were really serious about the environment, they would have worked with all hawkers and food delivery companies NOT to provide any cutlery (and possibly packaging) to reduce environmental damage

Good god, you enviro-fascists are really out of control.

Must be one of your kind who convinced the pappies to do away with plastic straws.

 

[bic_cherry]

Good god, you enviro-fascists are really out of control.

Must be one of your kind who convinced the pappies to do away with plastic straws.

Fascist?
Good luck to u and your offspring.

Hopefully they don't die either of hunger or flood.
Or U just don't care about the plight of your neighbours.

NVM. Karma's a bitch, she will get u when u least expect it.

Anyway, plastic straws are still available as I last checked. Fast food restaurant just don't give out by default.

Neither do I ban disposables except that government must render an all encompassing tax (like for cigarettes, whatever the source). And like gahmen does for medishield-life, they have all encompassing motor insurance laws where 3rd party is minimum to operate a car legally. Likewise, they can recommend that one disposable spoon should add to the bill by 10-20¢, which is about the same price if u bought the spoon in wholesale consignment, after environmental taxes of course.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

There is nothing wrong with the environment. The only issue is proper garbage disposal. And of course not littering... with regards to the virus....there is medication for it....and its just a flu....look at the death rates...how different is it to the flu? Making mountains out of molehills...and these green lobby talk so big...the 1st thing they do should be to start culling people as people are the biggest source of pollution..