The news cycle has been more like a hurricane, with the war in the Middle East poised to erupt, endless drama in the presidential campaigns, and the border invasion now costing states billions.
And, of course, the economy is now in a tailspin.
It has been clear for quite some time that Biden’s mental capacity and ability to focus was diminishing. Perhaps that would explain the new priority for the occupant of the Oval Office: Banning single-use utensils.
The Biden administration is touting a new rule as a means to reduce waste generation, but advocates counter that the government squandered an opportunity to clamp down on single-use plastics.According to a General Services Administration rule finalized Thursday, products without any single-use plastic packaging on the federal government’s purchasing system will soon be marked with a single icon.The icon is intended to encourage federal agency buyers to phase out use of single-use plastics, which “will reduce the Government’s waste generation, and potentially save industry partners money by having them reduce unnecessary packaging,” the rule says.
The rule took event effect on July 8. Given all the other issues, this move seems nonsensical, especially since it will add even more crushing rules that impact plastics manufacturing.
The efforts, which the White House called the first comprehensive strategy to tackle plastic use nationwide, aim to reduce demand for disposable plastic items while also helping to create a market for substitutes that are reusable, compostable or more easily recyclable.Brenda Mallory, who heads the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said in a statement that the changes would “require unprecedented action at every stage of the plastic life cycle.” Because of its purchasing power, the White House added, “the federal government has the potential to significantly impact the supply of these products.”
The United States produces 35.7 million tons of plastics annually. Plastics are found in nearly every aspect of the modern world, making life healthier, easier, and more convenient. Adding more regulations based on pseudo-science produced by capitalism-hating eco-activists will only generate more economic turmoil, likely leading to a recession.
Congressional Republicans indicate that this Biden trial balloon will float like a lead.
‘The world’s on fire and he’s worried about plastic forks,’ Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., told DailyMail.com, adding that policy is ‘par for the course’ for the administration….Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., told DailyMail.com Biden’s effort is ‘absurd’ and ‘laughable.”I mean, first of all, what is so bad about plastic forks and spoons? I mean, I assume the biggest impact this will have will be at government workplaces, military bases, things like that,’ Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, speculated.’Does that mean that they’re going to have to have, like, stainless steel silverware everywhere, with a lot of people washing dishes, and what about people who need things to go?’He said the effort to phase out single use plastics is misplaced, and that if the White House meaningfully wants to reduce waste, it should shrink the size of the government, the consumer, rather than outlawing plastic, the product consumed.
This is not the only time Team Biden has targeted plastics manufacturing.
If there is one industry Biden supports outside of gender-transitioning medical practice, I would be hard-pressed to name what it is.
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