31st August 2018, 12:22 AM
If this succeeds in getting rid of most plastic straws, then great! Reducing straw waste may be a small positive step for the environment, but every little bit DOES help. Sure, bigger things help more, but using "but it's not a big thing" as an excuse to do nothing is wrong.
And seriously, he mentions styrofoam positively, of all things? Styrofoam is one of the least biodegradable things ever! That stuff will be styrofoam for an extremely long time, and that is a major part of why the stuff is so bad. Of course this flawed video never mentions that. Sure, plastic isn't automatically worse for the environment after you consider production and such, but in the case of styrofoam it is very clearcut. And even the rest of the time, if that paper is getting recycled that's very different from using up limited oil to make plastic with...
And seriously, he mentions styrofoam positively, of all things? Styrofoam is one of the least biodegradable things ever! That stuff will be styrofoam for an extremely long time, and that is a major part of why the stuff is so bad. Of course this flawed video never mentions that. Sure, plastic isn't automatically worse for the environment after you consider production and such, but in the case of styrofoam it is very clearcut. And even the rest of the time, if that paper is getting recycled that's very different from using up limited oil to make plastic with...