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It's the straw + lid combo that is most advantageous. It lets you drink in a vehicle without worrying about spilling. Reusable options like sippy cups are a non
by ggreer 4y ago
It's the straw + lid combo that is most advantageous. It lets you drink in a vehicle without worrying about spilling. Reusable options like sippy cups are a non-starter for any sort of takeout or fast food.
I recently spent a week in Texas and I must say, the disposable plastic bags and plastic straws were a big improvement in quality of life. I'd gladly pay some extra fees to offset the environmental damage. Banning such things seems like an emotional move, not an evidence-driven approach to improving the environment.
- triceratops 4y agoI can drink fine through a plastic lid with the 4 slits without needing a straw. Coffee cups also have lids that let you drink without a staw. Is there any reason you can't put the same lids on soft drink cups?
- toast0 4y ago> Reusable options like sippy cups Sippy cup lids like they've got at Starbucks now aren't too bad. Enough height that you get most of the spill control from a flat lid plus a straw. Sometimes I miss drinking from the bottom up, but it's ok enough for me. Certainly better than a paper straw, yuck.
- ch4s3 4y agoThose tall lids use more additional plastic than a straw, so I don’t see much advantage there personally.
- hh3k0 4y ago> I'd gladly pay some extra fees to offset the environmental damage. I doesn't work that way, though. Offsetting environmental damage is just capitalism cosplaying as environmentalism, pure feel-good propaganda.
- ch4s3 4y agoI depends on the offset does it not? What if you're just paying the lifecycle cost of making sure the material is properly disposed of?