I'm happy if restricting single use plastic like plastic straws helps even a small amount to reduce plastic pollution.
If i can put up with a soggy straw after 15 mins in a drink, the ultra rich can fly 1st class more often.
Then well, okay. A small victory for you, a huge loss for the focus on solving the problem.
Is it a coincidence that the Media focuses on trivialities that are all about “consumer choice”? No. It’s so that we lose focus on the greater picture. Things like restructuring society.
Oh, everything in this store is wrapped in plastic? Nevermind that, shopper—use our reusable bags that cost way more energy and plastic to manufacture. Don’t be a plastic-sinner.
And you’re just gonna lose that battle. The Media can churn out thousands of concern-troll articles about plastic straws for every little nudge of care in a plebian comment section somewhere on the Internet.
The only reason the Media has to care a little bit about it is because of the absurdity of taking a private jet to Davos or whatever to discuss climate change.
Focus on solving real issues in real ways.
I would prefer not to consume this with my drink [2].
Not every seemingly positive action is actually positive. Second order effects must be always considered.
[1] https://phys.org/news/2023-08-paper-straws-environment-plast...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per-_and_polyfluoroalkyl_subst...
I think this attitude gets the the heart of the problem. When it actually comes to lifestyle changes it suddenly becomes someone else's problem.
Ban throwing them into the environment, then. I've never thrown my plastic straws into the ocean, that happens further down the line of trash disposal. So why should I be the one who's punished for it?