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Vote with your wallet is the most effective method. Look at plastic straws today. What kind of countertops should be avoided? Would have been nice if the artic

Vote with your wallet is the most effective method. Look at plastic straws today. What kind of countertops should be avoided? Would have been nice if the article suggested some solutions as well

smeej 3y ago
Plastic straws are still ubiquitous everywhere they weren't legislated out of existence. What does that have to do with voting with your wallet?
- zolbrek 3y ago
  If only. The EU declared exterminatus on them. I saw a few in the wild recently in Germany and it reminded me of happier times.
nerdponx 3y ago
I'd like to know as well. When my parents remodeled their kitchen they got some kind of simulated granite aggregate made of recycled material that I believe was fully heatproof and held up very well over the years. But did somebody get silicosis in the process?
- LeifCarrotson 3y ago
  They might have, you have no way of knowing whether the factory in which they were made used PPE or not. If they were cheap, probably not, if they were expensive, maybe, or maybe the manufacturer was just pocketing more profit.
  - rayiner 3y ago
    Most of these aren’t made in a “factory.” Because countertops are heavy and pretty much all custom sized and shaped, they’re being made in small scale local businesses.
ffgjgf1 3y ago
Why wouldn’t everyone pick plastic straws instead of paper ones coated with PFAS if given the choice?
- Tagbert 3y ago
  Or why pick any straws unless you have a medical condition that prevents you from just drinking. We typically order water to drink in restaurants and when it gets to the table, the servers almost always toss some straws on the table. If we say we don’t want them or if we mention when ordering that we don’t want straws, we get looks like we must be some weirdos. Why automatically push straws for everyone?
  - ffgjgf1 3y ago
    I find coke and other very sweet drinks yucky when drinking them without a straw. Also having a lot of ice complicates things especially if it starts floating near the top.
  - rightbyte 3y ago
    Only time I want straws is when the drink is too thick to drink by tipping the glass. Like chocolate with quite alot of cream as decoration or some smoothies. Soda with too much ice crush ... just have too much ice. I find it quite strange for adults to drink with straws. It is a child thing in my world.
    - elzbardico 3y ago
      This is basically cultural. In my home country straws are basically something small kids use. There are just a few beverages where a straw really adds some value, like some alcoholic drinks with plenty of floating stuff and milk-shakes. If anything, straws make some stuff TOO easy, like drinking loads of soda while driving, and this is not good for you. I think that a lot of problems could be solved by people just consuming less of some stuffs, instead of trying to find a technical solution to the present problems of consuming some of that stuff.
    - 3y ago

Vote with your wallet is the most effective method. Look at plastic straws today. What kind of countertops should be avoided? Would have been nice if the article suggested some solutions as well

smeej 3y ago

Plastic straws are still ubiquitous everywhere they weren't legislated out of existence. What does that have to do with voting with your wallet?

zolbrek 3y ago
If only. The EU declared exterminatus on them. I saw a few in the wild recently in Germany and it reminded me of happier times.

nerdponx 3y ago

I'd like to know as well. When my parents remodeled their kitchen they got some kind of simulated granite aggregate made of recycled material that I believe was fully heatproof and held up very well over the years. But did somebody get silicosis in the process?

LeifCarrotson 3y ago
They might have, you have no way of knowing whether the factory in which they were made used PPE or not. If they were cheap, probably not, if they were expensive, maybe, or maybe the manufacturer was just pocketing more profit.
- rayiner 3y ago
  Most of these aren’t made in a “factory.” Because countertops are heavy and pretty much all custom sized and shaped, they’re being made in small scale local businesses.

ffgjgf1 3y ago

Why wouldn’t everyone pick plastic straws instead of paper ones coated with PFAS if given the choice?

Tagbert 3y ago
Or why pick any straws unless you have a medical condition that prevents you from just drinking. We typically order water to drink in restaurants and when it gets to the table, the servers almost always toss some straws on the table. If we say we don’t want them or if we mention when ordering that we don’t want straws, we get looks like we must be some weirdos. Why automatically push straws for everyone?
- ffgjgf1 3y ago
  I find coke and other very sweet drinks yucky when drinking them without a straw. Also having a lot of ice complicates things especially if it starts floating near the top.
- rightbyte 3y ago
  Only time I want straws is when the drink is too thick to drink by tipping the glass. Like chocolate with quite alot of cream as decoration or some smoothies. Soda with too much ice crush ... just have too much ice. I find it quite strange for adults to drink with straws. It is a child thing in my world.
  - elzbardico 3y ago
    This is basically cultural. In my home country straws are basically something small kids use. There are just a few beverages where a straw really adds some value, like some alcoholic drinks with plenty of floating stuff and milk-shakes. If anything, straws make some stuff TOO easy, like drinking loads of soda while driving, and this is not good for you. I think that a lot of problems could be solved by people just consuming less of some stuffs, instead of trying to find a technical solution to the present problems of consuming some of that stuff.
  - 3y ago