Categorieën: Alle - environment - cost - alternatives - recycling

door Theodore Becker 5 jaren geleden

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Plastic Straw Ban

The debate surrounding the plastic straw ban highlights various arguments for and against its implementation. Opponents argue that plastic straws account for only a small fraction of overall plastic pollution and that their ban would have minimal environmental impact.

Plastic Straw Ban

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