theres an italian panini shop that just opened up near my apartment and they have "eco straws" that are just long uncooked bucatini noodles
you, a moron: how do i make straws that arent plastic
an italian genius: it is-a the moment for my people to shine......
@dankwraith I honest to god don’t know what the sudden obsession with plastic straws is.
@IrisKalmia @dankwraith Yeah but man, so much hand wringing over such a small contributor to plastic garbage; if the same effort were put into, say, banning / re-engineering / mitigating fishing nets (which cause roughly half of all plastic pollution in the oceans) something that is both feel-good AND useful would be accomplished.
@digicana Right? Sadly it's a lot harder to sell people on how absolutely horrible fish consumption is for environment
@digicana @dankwraith someone decided they're what's causing plastic pollution of the oceans
@digicana @dankwraith They contribute some small percentage of plastic trash and are easily visible as what many would assume are purely a luxury/convenience item without considering things like disability.