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A few months ago at work some of the brilliant minds decided that they were going to replace the plastic straws with paper ones. How long do you think that idea lasted? I will say none of this stuff is good for the environment so I’m all for it.
A few months ago at work some of the brilliant minds decided that they were going to replace the plastic straws with paper ones. How long do you think that idea lasted? I will say none of this stuff is good for the environment so I’m all for it.
I had a restaurant give me a paper straw. For each drink I had to ask for a new one. I guess the place wasn't trying to give out straws cause none of my drinks came with a straw. So yah I had to use 4 straws that evening.
I had a restaurant give me a paper straw. For each drink I had to ask for a new one. I guess the place wasn't trying to give out straws cause none of my drinks came with a straw. So yah I had to use 4 straws that evening.
The city council is like a joke these day. Proposing rules that not only cause inconvenience to consumer but also difficult for business owners. Meanwhile, the same group of people proposing on giving away free diaper and free SNAP. They can do better than this. If not, I think is time to replace all of them.
This is a great idea. At least a few politicians in the city can see beyond the end of their street. NYC produces a massive amount of unnecessary plastic waste for no good reason. Communities all over the world are banning plastic bags and straws - the UK is banning them as a country. Most of the first communities to ban them are those that end up with the waste on their shores and beaches. NYC is so used to flushing its **** into the harbor and the sound its a case of out of sight out of mind.
Take a step back for a second - improving the environment we live in - and around us. Other places around the world that are more environmentally backward (not that NYC even is some shining example, its third world in many respects) notice when a place as well-known and iconic as NYC takes a stand. It helps their communities in decision-making to by mainstreaming it.
The plastic-addicts in this city are quite comical. Clutching the hems of their skirts at the thought of less convenience-plastic. How will the city survive? Probably the same way it did for the centuries before. There are more than a million people living in NYC who remember what it was like before plastic bags and plastic straws became such an omnipresent pollution mess. All of them somehow made it.
But yes what a crazy rule! What an economy-killing draconian regulation! I'm all for and lowlifes screwing up the environment even more for the sake of convenience & laziness! You can also pour used oil the drains if that's cheaper, use leaded-gasoline if that helps, you get the message. Minor conveniences for business first, screw everything else.
I used a paper straw for the first time yesterday at Hunger Pang in Brooklyn, it was totally fine. It was sitting in my drink 2 hours and didn't get soggy.
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