I don’t get the whole “don’t use plastic straws” but at the same time we use tons of other plastic products. Is there a difference?
In: Earth Science
basically banning plastic straws makes people think that something is being done about the plastic pollution in the oceans, when in fact, it will make no difference at all, it’s like trying to tackle deforestation by banning toothpicks. a picture/video of a sea turtle with a straw up it’s nose went viral and drew the sympathy of millions and politicians capitalized on it. the main offender of ocean pollution is commercial fishing vessels, but there’s too much money involved for anything to actually be done about it. even things like “sustainable seafood” “dolphin safe tuna” are all basically scams.
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