> banning straws is just plain stupid I believe the OP meant plastic straws. I live in Poland and haven't seen plastic straw in a while - all replaced by paper

> banning straws is just plain stupid I believe the OP meant plastic straws. I live in Poland and haven't seen plastic straw in a while - all replaced by paper and other natural material straws. I don't feel it's stupid, but I might be missing something. It's also a surprise to me that US uses recycle bins to just ship the contents overseas. How stupid that is? Why not actually recycle it?