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Paper straws are terrible. I feel like there should be more pressing things for the president to deal with than banning them though…
It’s a sign of how weak and neutered he is that all he can do is nonsense executive orders that have no enforceability
For years my reaction to this has always been the same. Who uses straws?
People who buy fast food.
i use them pretty much exclusively but i have a collection of glass ones i reuse. i have a weird thing about drinking from an open cup so i always have a lid/straw.
I have collapsible metal ones… I bet yours clog way less when you’re drinking a thick smoothie, mine can be terrible. Are yours dishwasher safe?
That will surely bring down the price of eggs.
Listen, I’m totally down for bioplastic straws. They’ve got a different texture and are far more brittle, but still compostable and lasts more than long enough for me to enjoy my drink.
I don’t get why customers at my work hate them so much. To the point some will bring their own straws if we don’t have the regular plastic milkshake straws. It’s weird…
Compostable garbage is still garbage. In a landfill it doesn’t decompose properly and causes methane, which is worse than CO2.
Point is, the whole thing is stupid unless we do proper composting. So I kinda get byo-straws.
What about a noodle shaped into a straw? Even if you toss it out the window at least it’s biodegradable.
Just hand out twizzlers for everything. Double points if you can bite the ends off and then jam it into the cup for the customer before handing it to them.
As long as it goes out the window and not into a landfill, that’s good
You heard it here, throw your biostraws into a ditch!
Yes!
Except most of those are only compostable in industrial compost settings. Side of the road isn’t hot enough.
Wimpy effeminate plastic straws? Ha! Real men use metal straws. Tin/lead if that’s all you can afford, or depleted uranium if you’re a real player.
Ha! Real men use metal straws.
Specifically everbilt 3/8 in. x 20 ft. Soft Copper Refrigeration Coil Tubing!
TBH, paper straws suck. And not because they fall apart, which is annoying but not the end of the world… But because they’re full of PFAS… Yeah, not fucking great.
Sources:
https://www.popsci.com/environment/forever-chemicals-paper-straws/
https://www.sciencealert.com/it-turns-out-paper-straws-might-pose-a-serious-problem-too
Agave fiber straws. Literally just like a plastic straw, no PFAs but I’m sure there some reason I’m not supposed to use them.
I’ve never understood why we need straws. I get it for a milkshake but I don’t understand why a restaurant gives me a glass with a straw in it. Do people use straws at home?
I’d much prefer to drink acidic or staining things through a straw. Orange juice, iced coffee drinks, soft drinks. The less those things pass over my enamel the better.
There’s a few things, like you said some things truly do require a straw like a milkshake, or slushies, tbf they are “fun” even if that’s not a great reason, but I think the real reason people got hooked on them is drive throughs, they are undoubtedly much easier when you are driving.
Drink from the glass like an adult?
Part of me finds it sad that the “green” option is not only shit but actually worse.
The other part of me is laughing because that’s the best snacking my doomer-ism has had for a while.
I can’t imagine normal plastic straws great for microplastics
Wooden straws ftw
glass for me. that way i know they get completely clean
Bamboo straws are also often coated with PFAS.
Glass straws seem like a good option. I’ve got some re-useable ones, but I bet recycling them would be feasible. We already do it for glass bottles
I have some silicone ones that I really like too, they open up like a zipper making them really easy to clean. Silicone is technically recyclable as well, though that is rarely done.
They do what?! And they don’t leak while you’re using them?
Ya, really! Cool huh? (sorry for the Bezos’ funtrain link) I got mine branded by one of the large grocery stores’ house brand.
Borosillicste straws?
Soda lime straws.
Not the ones I’ve made from the stand of bamboo, over there.
I think a much more helpful replacement would be replacing the plastic tops with recycled paper tops.
If I’m not mistaken he already started a fight against windmills. Paper straws must be an ally of that great enemy.
Lol Donald “Quixote” Trump
He can’t even drink water with one hand, my money’s on the straws.
Real problems finally solved. ✅
I mean… It kind of is. I’m pretty happy. I’m the dystopia we live in got take the small wins
Doesn’t Don Jr. use rolled up hundreds?
Not for drinking. That’s for … something else.
