We exist in a diverse society of different people with different abilities and needs, and banning ANYTHING whether plastic bags or straws or bottled water or anything else is NOT the answer.

There are people who RELY on things that might not be environmentally friendly. That doesn’t make those things or those people bad. Truthfully the greatest harmers to the environment is big corporations dumping toxins into the environment. Not the little things like normal individual contributions from day to day life, even if amassed together collectively.

[ #ecoableism / #ecofascism is “a failure by non-disabled environmental activists to recognise that many of the climate actions they’re promoting make life difficult for disabled people”. It’s important to be aware of eco-ableism not only to make this movement as inclusive as impossible, but also because climate change has a disproportionate impact on disabled people. People who are disabled should be heard and seen, not excluded!" (- Fran Haddock) ]

We exist in a diverse society of different people with different abilities and needs, and banning ANYTHING whether plastic bags or straws or bottled water or anything else is NOT the answer.

There are people who RELY on things that might not be environmentally friendly. That doesn’t make those things or those people bad. Truthfully the greatest harmers to the environment is big corporations dumping toxins into the environment. Not the little things like normal individual contributions from day to day life, even if amassed together collectively.

So pretty please, stop thinking banning ANYTHING is going to do enough good to fix things? It’s just shifting the burdens you might not be aware of from one person to another, while leaving the true perpetrators of environmental catastrophe totally immune from consequences.

- Admin 2, D.W.

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Plastic straw bans, “zero-waste lifestyles” and bashing products that seem to generate waste but are essential for disabled people are all forms of #ecoableism Confused? Read on: