Re:Plastic Straws Aren’t the Problem
by fauigerzigerk on Saturday August 25, 2018 @11:02AM
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>Isn't there at least some possibility the former does help the bit with the problem?
I don't think so. These things eventually become public knowledge and the result may well be cynicism, apathy or things like climate change denial.
It's important to be honest, rational and effective or the only way to change anything will be scaremongering and bigotry.
Re:Plastic Straws Aren’t the Problem
by tedunangst on Saturday August 25, 2018 @11:39AM
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The focus on straws would seem to reinforce the notion that the plastic we see is the problem, and the plastic we don't see isn't a problem, with the potential negative outcome that people declare mission accomplished after the straws are gone.
Isn't there at least some possibility the former does help the bit with the problem? There's enough uninformed people out there. So while the straws itself aren't going to cut it, in general spreading awareness about plastic and waste in general might just get more people to be more careful.
Start putting up posters in the seafood departments of supermarkets showing a fishing net stuffed with 20 tons of rotting sea life that's still killing fish 15 years after it floated away from its boat
I'm not sure this would help more than other initiatives. Possibly, but still. In any case it is unfortunately quite non-realistic in this society.