The thing about the environment is that we have two interwoven battles. One for the minds of the people (in which banning draws is absolutely essential) and one

The thing about the environment is that we have two interwoven battles. One for the minds of the people (in which banning draws is absolutely essential) and one for effective solutions (where straws don’t matter). It’s like fighting for tougher laws in hate crimes even if you know with certainty that it won’t lower the rate of offenses. It still has the effect of signaling to the wider population that the crime is serious and should be taken serious. So sure, savings some straws won’t save the environment. But we will never ever get anywhere if we stay in a world where people don’t even care about needlessly throwing out plastic every time they get a drink “just caus”. That mentality needs to change and laws in that direction are sorely needed.