Plastic straws come because the replacements tend to be bad (even if I assume they have gotten better over time).
We should ban more single-use non biodegradable plastic.
I like the single use biodegradable plastic bag for example, where I can have the organic compost inside, so less mess everywhere.
Those should be standard. But currently they are way more expensive. Standard plastic from oil is cheap.
Why not, you know, paper?
And this type of plastic does not. After some months it will, but that is the idea.
Not missed the old plastic straws apart from when at a burger joint that gives you the useless paper ones. The bagasse and PLA straws do not disintegrate as quickly and work as well as the old ones.
Whether they are actually more environmentally friendly is another discussion.