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Why would anyone worry about a singular straw? Isn’t this an issue of the average/group behavior - and outcomes resulting from it?
by intended 8y ago
Why would anyone worry about a singular straw? Isn’t this an issue of the average/group behavior - and outcomes resulting from it?
- sp332 8y agoNot one straw, my point is that straws on beaches do not come from landfills. They come from illegal dumping operations and cruise ships and maybe tourists who litter at the beach. Most people do not need to change they way they dispose of straws. This is a problem caused by a minority and no matter how few straws the rest of us use it will not address the problem even a little bit.
- dnomad 8y agoThis is wrong. Plastics can and do escape landfills. Also it doesn't seem to be the case that all, or even most, single-use plastics are properly disposed of and make it to landfills.
- intended 8y agoYeah I have no idea why this is being downvoted. Not to mention this is IF plastics make it to landfills in the first place.
- kadenshep 8y ago>Yeah I have no idea why this is being downvoted. It's HN. Despite having "hacker" in the name you can't really state anything but the most milktoast of perspectives. Evidence and data be damned.
- skinnymuch 8y agoDo straws on the beach come from normal straw disposal? I would assume not. And most people dispose of straws normally.
- intended 8y agoas I recall, normal disposal regularly involves shipping it out to landfills or other countries - essentially a large “not in my back yard” supply chain. Once there, it worms itself back into the environment, part of which is the ocean.