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Plastic straws come because the replacements tend to be bad (even if I assume they have gotten better over time).

• matthewdgreen 2y ago
  The way to make their replacements even better over time is to discourage use of plastic. So this seems like a pretty good policy, even if there is a tiny bit of (the world’s most minor amount of) pain during the transition. We should ban more single-use plastic.
  • aardvarkr 2y ago
    In order to not go soggy so quickly many paper straws are pfas coated. Then this ends up in the environment.
  • lukan 2y ago
    "We should ban more single-use plastic." We should ban more single-use non biodegradable plastic. I like the single use biodegradable plastic bag for example, where I can have the organic compost inside, so less mess everywhere. Those should be standard. But currently they are way more expensive. Standard plastic from oil is cheap.
    • sandos 2y ago
      Wait, a _standard plastic bag_ for compost? Why not, you know, paper?
      • lukan 2y ago
        Because paper leaks? And this type of plastic does not. After some months it will, but that is the idea.
  • flurdy 2y ago
    I just buy a bunch of these biodegradable PLA straws instead. They work well https://amzn.eu/d/dKIyKxE https://amzn.eu/d/dKIyKxE. Not missed the old plastic straws apart from when at a burger joint that gives you the useless paper ones. The bagasse and PLA straws do not disintegrate as quickly and work as well as the old ones. Whether they are actually more environmentally friendly is another discussion.