Drinking Straws

[countrygirl12]

Not sure why straws have become the villain of the plastic world when there are so much larger instances of unnecessary packaging etc. all over the place.

Exactly. The Styrofoam containers your gravy biscuit comes in is so much worse.

[countrygirl12]

According to Forbes, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam are dumping more plastic into oceans than the rest of the world combined.  Whe you have all these places using the ocean as a dump its pretty had to make a differance here , the trash on the shores isn't from here its from these places ! And we can't make these places stop !   

It's our trash they're dumping.  We ship our recyclable plastic to China for processing. 

We ship our trash to China? I find that hard to believe.  Why not just burn it.  Plastic melts.  I am still trying to figure out who thought it would be a good idea to dump trash in the ocean.

The world is over populated.  And produces trash at an alarming rate.  Recycling is good but who can afford to purchase recycled items.  The cost is usually 3-4 times as high.

[countrygirl12]

I've used plastic straws my whole life and never had any problem with them.  Wouldn't trust glass straws and metal can grow bacteria if not cleaned properly and I don't think there is a way to clean a straw properly.  I think people just panic way too easily now-a-days with this overload of information.   

It is not about YOU having a problem with the straw. They are crying because they saw turtles get them stuck in their nose.  Not sure how but I don't throw my straw from mcD in the ocean.  I throw in the trash and if some idiot goes through and takes all the straws out and throws them in the ocean then that person is responsible.

I don't get why they are so upset about the straw but not the cups  Pretty soon they will demand fast food use real glasses.

[paints]

According to Forbes, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam are dumping more plastic into oceans than the rest of the world combined.  Whe you have all these places using the ocean as a dump its pretty had to make a differance here , the trash on the shores isn't from here its from these places ! And we can't make these places stop !   

It's our trash they're dumping.  We ship our recyclable plastic to China for processing. 

We ship our trash to China? I find that hard to believe.  Why not just burn it.  Plastic melts.  I am still trying to figure out who thought it would be a good idea to dump trash in the ocean.

The world is over populated.  And produces trash at an alarming rate.  Recycling is good but who can afford to purchase recycled items.  The cost is usually 3-4 times as high.

https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-01-01/mountains-us-recycling-pile-china-restricts-imports

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/05/09/chinas-crackdown-on-trash-could-make-it-harder-for-u-s-cities-to-recycle/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3e8e41f79cdc

[paints]

Trash doesn't just go away.  It gets moved from place to place, leaving destruction in its' wake. 

Maybe instead of recycling, we should look into producing things that will degrade without doing harm to humans, animals, or the environment.

[tantricia44]

I don't use plastic straws if I can help it. Usually I say no straws when I'm out dinning. Steel straws was interesting but the laziness & say no because of having to clean it. I just do my part in just not using plastic straws less often.

[hawkeye3210]

Usually don't use straws.