A Article Living without plastic in Thailand
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I was a stationed in Bangkok, Thailand back the early 1970's. Not-always having a bunch of money, I used to eat food from-the local street vendors. The majority of my dishes were served wrapped in whether banana leaf or yesterday's newspaper. Some meals were even served down of unclassified military paperwork that was recovered from the junk. Today, every-where in Thailand the great majority of street vendors serve food and drink in plastic bags. McDonalds has nothing with this fast-food experience. Ppnw Bags contains further concerning the reason for this idea. Anything you buy, be it a rice o-r noodle dish, is scooped up into a plastic bag and then sealed with a rubber band. This also involves soups and drinks. Smaller bags of sauces and herbs can also be provided. You can even get fresh sliced fruit to go in a tiny bag with a skewer to stab each sweet morsel. Shopping on the malls, markets, and roads will also present you to bags and bags of plastic. It doesnt matter what the size of-the product, it'll go in a plastic bag. I have had numerous occasions where I purchased a large plastic bag to carry many different articles and each successive purchase led to a tiny plastic bag being put into the larger. Despite my objections that the smaller plastic bag wasn't required, I was turned away with a smile and a confused look. Needles to say, after having a day o-r two in Thailand, you have a tendency to acquire a stack of plastic bags. I do find a way to use a couple of them for dirty laundry or to keep items divided, but most of the plastic goes straight to the garbage. I truly dont understand what the Thai people would do today without plastic bags. They wouldnt know what direction to go, In the event the tree-hugging environmentalists actually came to Thailand. Where could they set their sticky rice and beef jerky? How would sellers sell coke to go? How would the bootleg application and DVDs be distributed? How would I get my bowl of Thai soup house? Would they have the capacity to revert back to banana leaves and yesterday's papers? I dont think that the Thai people could live-without plastic bags. And any attempt o stop the usage could lead to disastrous results.
