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I’m fine with making changes, but paper straws are just a bad product. They have one job to do, and they don’t do it. If you’re going to get rid of plastic stra
by mcphage 5y ago
I’m fine with making changes, but paper straws are just a bad product. They have one job to do, and they don’t do it. If you’re going to get rid of plastic straws, at least replace them with something that accomplishes the goal.
- d_tr 5y agoI recently bought a small set of metal ones and they are not bad at all. The downside is that they need cleaning.
- washadjeffmad 5y agoI think some paper straw designs are bad, especially recent ones created solely to capitalize on this. However, I've used some that were stiffened with wax (not good for hot drinks but stronger when chilled - great for milkshakes), and some that were rectangular that bent like a gutter drain that were pretty pleasant. I don't think it's beyond possibility to create thoughtful, functional paper straws. In general, I'd rather use anything besides plastic and I don't really use straws, so the existence of bad straws doesn't affect me. I own a few metal ones that probably took more energy to create than all of the straws I've used in the past two decades, but whatever.
- mcphage 5y ago> I don't think it's beyond possibility to create thoughtful, functional paper straws. I agree, it's probably solvable—but the vast majority of paper straws that are I've received, aren't that. If they can get a good paper straw, I'd be fine with it.