Ocean plastic waste probably comes from ships, report says

Re:Ocean plastic waste probably comes from ships, report says by smackay on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @08:22AM (#21135596)

One interesting side-effect is the rise of the edible straw. There are other edibles as well, spoons, forks, knives and bowls - though the latter is rather an old idea.

So while the ban straws was a token gesture it does seem to have generated some creativity and movement on other fronts which at least gets peoples attention on the problem of single-use plastics.

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Re:Ocean plastic waste probably comes from ships, report says by worldsayshi on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @08:36AM (#21135680)

Yeah, we have to start somewhere and we have to have the mindset that we should keep going.

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Re:Ocean plastic waste probably comes from ships, report says by Moru on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @08:48AM (#21135780)

I'm more worried that we dig in on the easy problems, forgetting the big, hard problems. Like plastic straws instead of fishing nets...

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Re:Ocean plastic waste probably comes from ships, report says by lonelappde on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @09:04AM (#21135938)

Why worry without evidence?

Even if the only the thing the straw ban did was inspired a whataboutism movement to pretend to care about fishing nets, it would still be a net win in terms of motivating improvement.

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