ELi5: How did plastic straws specifically become targeted for eco-friendly banning, but similar disposables like plastic forks and spoons didn’t?
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People are missing the point in these comments:
Banning straws is like the near-ban of the 6-pack plastic rings (they didn’t get fully banned, but you’ve seen a ton of companies stop using them or using them less over the years). It’s about stopping the use of something that causes *direct harm* to sea life – not about the overall amount of plastic in the oceans.
Couple that with how endangered green sea turtles are, and when you have a product that is directly killing them, there is action that needs be taken.
It’s not about “an emotional reaction”, it’s about making sure a species doesn’t die out.
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