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You might consider finding another example. The plastic straw banning was not because they are plastic pollution. The problem is the unique shape of the straw
by hyperman1 5y ago
You might consider finding another example.
The plastic straw banning was not because they are plastic pollution. The problem is the unique shape of the straw getting into the digestive system of animals, and killing them. Plastic just made these things linger longer in the environment. Paper straws have similar problems, except a lot shorter and with a chance to digest before killing the animal.
- radu_floricica 5y agoI'd like sources for that, a cursory google didn't find anything. With my baseline knowledge, I'd say that it's possible to be a marginally worse shape. But plastic as a rule doesn't get eaten - it gets buried. The number of animals that were saved by such regulation is very likely minuscule. The opportunity cost of not tacking anything else related to whatever your goal of choice is - that's not minuscule. Even if you ignore the effort to get there, a legislature can pass only a finite number of regulations per time interval. Context and opportunity costs matter.