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It's all about ego-stroking. Don't forget that we just switched all our plastic straws to paper straws that are 1) less recyclable than plastic (or straight-up
by busterarm 7y ago
It's all about ego-stroking.
Don't forget that we just switched all our plastic straws to paper straws that are 1) less recyclable than plastic (or straight-up non-recyclable), 2) cost more in energy and carbon to produce, 3) cost more, and 4) are less effective.
All because some 9 year old conducted a survey...
- genericone 7y agoless effective: functionally miserable after 15 minutes, unusable after 30...
- busterarm 7y agoMore like "functionally miserable after 3, unusable after 5".
- TehCorwiz 7y agoThey’re not recyclable because they biodegrade instead.
- busterarm 7y agoThat's not really desirable if they're significantly worse, environmentally, to produce. Think about it.
- slg 7y agoCarbon pollution is not the only type of pollution that environmentalists care about. I'm not a fan of the paper straws either, but it is entirely possible that a switch from plastic to paper straws increases carbon usage but decreases plastic pollution to the extent that it is an overall net positive for the environment.
- busterarm 7y agoThere are plastics that biodegrade completely in 6 months. Look at Nodax PHA.