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The exact figure is elusive. But hundreds of millions are used per day in the US. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/40534/do-americans-use-500-millio
by 1123581321 5y ago
The exact figure is elusive. But hundreds of millions are used per day in the US. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/40534/do-americans-use-500-million-straws-per-day https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/40534/do-americ...
Juice boxes, coffee stirring straws, and soda cups from fast food and convenience stores make up many of them.
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoBut they're so small! They have so little plastic! I mean, sure, it adds up, but how about we ban the plastic cups first?
- whiddershins 5y agoBecause there was that one turtle one time. This stuff isn’t rational.
- 1123581321 5y agoAs the other user said, it’s hardly a rational process. The banners probably went for straws because they can be presented as relatively useless, or perhaps that their proponents are just gluttons.