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> the war on plastic straws has been a huge step back I always find it funny when they give me a huge plastic cup with a plastic lid and then a paper straw. If
by bonestamp2 4y ago
> the war on plastic straws has been a huge step back
I always find it funny when they give me a huge plastic cup with a plastic lid and then a paper straw. If straws are that big of a problem, get sippy cup style lids and skip all straws.
- dr_orpheus 4y agoStarbucks did this, and then people realized that the sippy cup style lids were thicker (to maintain the structure of the sippy part) and actually used more plastic than the old straw/top combo. Starbucks said that the new plastic lids were more easily recycled because they were larger than straws (which aren't normally picked up by recycling machines) so it was still a net positive. But this goes back to the articles point of "its plastic, and its probably not going to get recycled anyway" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jul/23/starbucks-straws-ban-2020-environment https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jul/23/starbucks-s...