It's pretty simple -- being environmentally friendly costs businesses money. I know the owner of one local takeout place I go to in MoCo complained about the styrofoam ban because the alternative packaging cost him 25 cents more per customer, for example.

So it's not business-friendly to have these regulations, even if it's environmentally friendly.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"I live in Maryland and I'm constantly hearing people whine about how Montgomery County is so anti-business with its regulations and so on."

Then she lists an anti-business regulation that MoCo has that she thinks Virginia should have.

I live in Virginia and I'm sick of you whining about plastic bags, straws, and styrofoam. We don't want you, or your regulations. Get lost.

I live in Virginia, too, and BRING IT ON. I'm sick of living in a place where people act like they are entitled to throw nondegradable plastic crap wherever they like. It's shameful and stupid.

I suspect you're a dying breed in this state, thank goodness.

Actually you should move to Maryland. Oh wait, you can't, because there are no jobs there and you don't want to pay their outlandish taxes.

Unfortunately hypocrites like you are not a dying breed.

I live in VA, work in DC, drive a hybrid, and recycle. Oh, I also compost. Have you considered joining the rest of your lizard-people in Alabama? I hear there are refuges for you there.

NP here.

Is someone who works in DC really bragging about driving a hybird instead of biking or using Metro? Spare me the excuses. Oh, and you recycle, too! Way to go Captain Planet.

You’re a typical hypocrite dirtbag who is no different than the people you think you’re so much better than.

Yea, I was shocked when we moved to VA and found that people bag lawn waste in plastic bags. That hasn’t been allowed in my hometown in NY in probably 30 years. And I haven’t seen this much styrofoam in that many years either. It’s like living in a time capsule.

Are there recycling bins in Wheaton Plaza?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"I live in Maryland and I'm constantly hearing people whine about how Montgomery County is so anti-business with its regulations and so on."

Then she lists an anti-business regulation that MoCo has that she thinks Virginia should have.

I live in Virginia and I'm sick of you whining about plastic bags, straws, and styrofoam. We don't want you, or your regulations. Get lost.

I live in Virginia, too, and BRING IT ON. I'm sick of living in a place where people act like they are entitled to throw nondegradable plastic crap wherever they like. It's shameful and stupid.

I suspect you're a dying breed in this state, thank goodness.

Actually you should move to Maryland. Oh wait, you can't, because there are no jobs there and you don't want to pay their outlandish taxes.

Unfortunately hypocrites like you are not a dying breed.

I live in VA, work in DC, drive a hybrid, and recycle. Oh, I also compost. Have you considered joining the rest of your lizard-people in Alabama? I hear there are refuges for you there.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"I live in Maryland and I'm constantly hearing people whine about how Montgomery County is so anti-business with its regulations and so on."

Then she lists an anti-business regulation that MoCo has that she thinks Virginia should have.

I live in Virginia and I'm sick of you whining about plastic bags, straws, and styrofoam. We don't want you, or your regulations. Get lost.

I live in Virginia, too, and BRING IT ON. I'm sick of living in a place where people act like they are entitled to throw nondegradable plastic crap wherever they like. It's shameful and stupid.

I suspect you're a dying breed in this state, thank goodness.

Actually you should move to Maryland. Oh wait, you can't, because there are no jobs there and you don't want to pay their outlandish taxes.

Unfortunately hypocrites like you are not a dying breed.

Anonymous wrote:"I live in Maryland and I'm constantly hearing people whine about how Montgomery County is so anti-business with its regulations and so on."

Then she lists an anti-business regulation that MoCo has that she thinks Virginia should have.

I live in Virginia and I'm sick of you whining about plastic bags, straws, and styrofoam. We don't want you, or your regulations. Get lost.

I live in Virginia, too, and BRING IT ON. I'm sick of living in a place where people act like they are entitled to throw nondegradable plastic crap wherever they like. It's shameful and stupid.

I suspect you're a dying breed in this state, thank goodness.

Anonymous wrote:Regulation kills capatalism and America

Rampant polllution kills everything, you glib tool.

i've been AMAZED by this since moving to Virginia. There are no public recycling cans anywhere here, even in the malls. People just throw away their plastic bottles, plastic bags...when I ask for a paper bag at local Safeways, they look at me like I'm nuts. It's ghastly.

Why are Maryland’s schools among the most segregated in the nation? That does not seem like a healthy environment for black children.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/us/threatening-the-future-the-high-stakes-of-deepening-school-segregation.amp.html

I live in Va. I wouldn't mind banning plastic crap.

"I live in Maryland and I'm constantly hearing people whine about how Montgomery County is so anti-business with its regulations and so on."

Then she lists an anti-business regulation that MoCo has that she thinks Virginia should have.

I live in Virginia and I'm sick of you whining about plastic bags, straws, and styrofoam. We don't want you, or your regulations. Get lost.

I'm sorry to hear your understanding of "environmentally-friendly business policy" amounts to plastic bags, straws, and styrofoam...

Regulation kills capatalism and America

I live in Maryland and I'm constantly hearing people whine about how Montgomery County is so anti-business with its regulations and so on. But Virginia's environmental standards, or lack thereof, are deplorable. I notice this when I visit friends in Virginia or spend any extended amount of time there.

Maryland, especially Montgomery County, is miles ahead of Virginia. We're banning plastic straws and styrofoam and tax plastic bags. Most stores and cafes discourage single use plastic utensils and encourage bringing your own bag.

What do I see in "business friendly" Virginia? Plastic bags galore. People just give me plastic bags automatically even when I visibly have my own bag. Go to a fast casual or takeout place and they have styrofoam, non recyclable plastics, and automatically give you a plastic bag with single use utensils and a young tree's worth of paper napkins. Not to mention nobody has the new compostable straws and they think I'm weird for having my own reusable straw. I can't even buy bulk products with my own mason jars.

Why is "business friendly" Virginia so wasteful?