This is such a red herring. The entire country is wearing polyester and other plastic clothing that breaks down and sheds microplastics in EVERY single laundry cycle into the water. Millions of cars driving every single day wear down tires shedding microplastics into the air, soil, and ground. Millions of packages with styrofoam padding are breaking down into tiny spherical plastic balls as we speak. We're absolutely systemically fucked and plastic bags and straws are genius levels of distraction from these unsolvable modern conveniences.