South Australia banned some small single-use plastic packages

South Australia has banned some kinds of small single-use plastic packages, aiming to reduce total plastic use. It is a small step on a long journey, but it is a good start.

I was given one of the fish-shaped soy sauce containers this summer, and I thought, "How egregiously wasteful — so much plastic to serve so little soy sauce." Since I have soy sauce at home, as well as cutlery and chopsticks, I am trying to learn to ask restaurants not to give me any of those things with a to-go order.

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