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Why not? The plastic straw doesn't require rare earth metals, anywhere near as much plastic, silicone and other materials. Besides, it's been shown time and ti
by Alupis 6y ago
Why not?
The plastic straw doesn't require rare earth metals, anywhere near as much plastic, silicone and other materials. Besides, it's been shown time and time again, eWaste is largely a farce, with majority of components being sent directly to landfills.
Ounce per ounce, thousands of plastic straws are far better for the environment than a single Apple Watch.
- marcinzm 6y agoAn apple watch will end up in a landfill where it will lie for millenia harming nothing. Some of those plastic straws will get into the ocean, local parks, streams and on where they will harm wildlife. Landfills are not the worst thing in existence.
- Alupis 6y agoThe plastic straw thing was made up by a 4th grader[1]. And it's well documented the ocean plastic problem is almost exclusively from fishing equipment [2]. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/business/plastic-straws-ban-fact-check-nyt.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/business/plastic-straws-b... [2] https://www.oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ghost-gear-greenpeace/ https://www.oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ghost-gear-greenp...