I agree, but I would say the danger is that people will feel like they have now done their part - "My straw is waxed paper! I'm not destroying the planet!" when

I agree, but I would say the danger is that people will feel like they have now done their part - "My straw is waxed paper! I'm not destroying the planet!" when in fact plenty of other things in their day-to-day lives have a much larger impact - insulating your home would do more for the world by orders of magnitude (admittedly that doesn't keep straws out of sealife, but choose your battles?)