> It looked like we had found a solution to our plastic consumption issue... but maybe not
If only there was a way to drink without using a straw
If only there was a way to drink without using a straw
https://cdrnys.org/blog/disability-dialogue/grasping-at-stra...
People with various disabilities or age related also frequently require lots of other assistive devices but that doesn't imply that they need to be used as the default for every single consumer. My grocery store doesn't hand every shopper a wheelchair instead of a shopping cart just because some percentage of the population requires them.
> DO offer wheelchairs
You see the difference, right? We can do that for straws.
Strange choice of example. Electric wheelchairs are available at most stores of a certain size. Wheelchair reserved parking is available at all almost all stores.
(in California)
When you go to the grocery store, what is the DEFAULT option available to you? Is there a corral of hundreds of wheelchairs with one waiting for every shopper?
Just because something should be available does not mean it should be the default.
There are also your steel/aluminum/titanium, glass alternatives, I find those potentially dangerous (i don't want to stab the roof of my mouth or crack my teeth against a metal straw and i don't want a glass straw breaking off in my mouth).
Perhaps someone else will come up with an even better alternative (a stiff silicone?)
I don't think anyone is saying that we should ban 100% of all straws which are made of plastics, they are more concerned with decreasing the amount of 'single-use disposable' straws made of plastics.
So anyway, I'm not really opposed to straws. If you need one for your fancy drink, or your designer mustache, go ahead. But also most straw usage seems unnecessary to me. Pulling out these edge cases seems like what-about-ism.