opinion of straw bans

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In conjunction with more far reaching bans - FB.

I don’t think straws are a major problem threat for ocean life (Especially in the West were most waste is destined for landfill or incineration), but they are symptomatic of a consumer culture that encourages wastefulness that mos be tamed.

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The war on plastic recently is also caused by another issue: China has announced it will no longer import garbage and waste plastics, which will lead to many countries having far more waste than they have the ability to handle.

The big problem for marine waste though is the fishing industry. About half of all marine plastics in the great paicific garbage pack. come from fishing nets, and the remaining half is still dominated by various platric detritus from other fishing gear: ropes, eel traps, oyster spacers, crates etc. That said domestic plastics do tend to proliferate in other seas (the worst of them probably being plastic bags).

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Isn't most of the garbage the west creates exported to the third world anyway?