Plastic Straw Ban

Honelako gehiago

Information System Concepts

by Krishnan Subramanian

singapore government strategies on tourism

by Sally Ang

International Earth Day

by Mindomo Team

How to prevent water pollution

by Janasis Ong

Plastic Straw Ban

only 9% of all plastics get recycled

either side?

against

virtue signalling

its just a media stunt

what we really need

recycling is more important than banning

other plastics

cups and bags also get stuck in animals

education

advantages of plastic straws

more efficient than paper

you would have to reuse an alternative an crazy number of times to actually reach the same efficiency as plastic

cheaper

average use of 1.6 a day per person in the WORLD, that adds up. The pollution is only 4%. The cost of alternatives will have a bad impact.

other alternatives could harm local businesses

the other straws are too expensive

help the elderly and disabled drink

some people cant use metal or glass straws because they might bite and them and chew them and hurt themselves

allergic to silicone straw

waste more

not that important

only 0.03 percent of marine pollution

unlikely to have a big impact

only makes up 4% of plastic pollution

disadvantages of substitutes

plastic tops

even more plastic, 7-11, --- even more plastic

papers straws

also not recyclable

made with wax and paper pulp

cuts down more trees - amazon

will get chewed up

glass straws

can break and be ingested

metal straws

hard to clean

inconvenient to carry

wastes a lot of energy to produce it

For

Subtopic

stainless steel straws

PLA straws

made from cornstarch and sugar

environmental

marine ecosystem

sea turtles and trash islands

by 2050 90% of sea birds will have ingested plastic

gets into your body via water-supply, air,

200 years to decompose