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Starbucks withdraws single use plastic straws in a bid to counter plastic pollution and replaces them with paper straws...

wrapped in a single use plastic wrapper.

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Like2play · M
Seems to be wrapped in about the same amount of plastic as the straw contained.
rckt148 · 61-69, M
@Like2play there is another reason the wants straws removed from their shops
and the new "Plastic " is bio degradable ,it breaks down in a land fill or beside the road ,unlike the normal plastic we are used to that will last forever

It always blew me away ,,a tote I bought to store things in I want to protect
the plastic breaks down ,,especially if exposed for long periods in the sun
But a straw or plastic spork ,the plastic that holds a 6 pack together and Styrofoam will last forever
Why did they not make the straw of out of the crap they made my tote out of
and the tote out of the same plastic they make the straw from ?
Now days park bench's and pic nic tables are made of recycled plastic bags and garbage bags ,,why didn't they make my totes out of that stuff

Nothing make me more mad then to get out one of the totes I paid a higher price for as I wanted to protect the things I was storing in them
And the lid has cracked ,or the handle breaks off in my hand ,and a mouse has chewed a hole in a corner and shredded some of the things inside to build a nest
And the plastic is all brittle and crumbling
But a Styrofoam cup and plate ,,tossed away by a camper will still be in the woods or on an island 20 yrs from now ,,exposed to the sun and elements everyday
and its only a little green from corticolous lichen trying to grow on it
(that grassy looking stuff that grows on trees and rocks )