Apparently the type of plastic is quite relevant; but whether straws are worse than air-bags for shipping... who knows. But perhaps more relevantly, however un

Apparently the type of plastic is quite relevant; but whether straws are worse than air-bags for shipping... who knows. But perhaps more relevantly, however unsightly this whole plastic soup is, I kind of doubt the impact is anywhere near that of climate change, and I'm concerned these kind of issues serve as a kind of feel-good distraction. Maybe that's too pessimistic; maybe the world can deal with plastic soup and climate change and forever chemicals and animal welfare and whatever at once. I'm just not very confident of that.