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No shit. Paper straws literally need a plastic coating to work. It’s the dumbest invention ever. At least do compostable plastic straws over paper.l, and even that’s not great.

I see no issue with plastic straws that are then used by peaker electric plants.

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Compostable plastic is a complete scam, it just means tha me industrial composters will break the plastic down into small microplastic fragments with heat.

Used to be wax.

Yeah we got those in school with our milk when I was a kid. They lasted about 10 minutes and then came apart.

That's long enough for most uses. Make it 15 or 20 minutes and it would be long enough for every reasonable use.

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