Re:Wave After Wave of Garbage Hits the Dominican Republic
by zaroth on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @04:00PM
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It was “some Internet analysis” — by a 9 year old apparently? — that got the ball rolling on this latest legislative fleecing.
Banning straws are a non-trivial step backwards which will lead to more pollution IMO.
It’s a mockery of real steps which could be taken that would have orders of magnitude more effect on actual pollution levels.
If you think banning straws are an actual benefit, I think you’ve left science behind and moved on to politics.
Straws are a trivial step forward, and I don't think we shouldn't feel better because of it and think we've done something meaningful.
Straw bans are a particularly easy topic to make fun of, because of some internet analysis that Starbucks' solution uses more plastic than using straws.