minus-squarefishos@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•A small tax imposed on plastic bags led Orthodox Jews to lasting hostility against measures to protect the environment, a study found. They see policies against plastic as elite contemptlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·edit-25 days ago$10 says the “disproportional usage” is largely tied to them not “working” on the Sabbath and using disposable utensils as a loophole. linkfedilink
$10 says the “disproportional usage” is largely tied to them not “working” on the Sabbath and using disposable utensils as a loophole.