The 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]. [

The 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...