Ocean plastic coming from straws is 0.03% of all plastic in the ocean. 46% of the Pacific garbage patch is fishing nets.

The rules of our society are dictated by corporations and money. We're enabling those corporation with our purchasing habits.

Btw, paper straws are not that much better, neither for us or the environment (they're coated with PFAS).

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00456...