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by starburns (2019-07-16 00:32:27)
Edited on 2019-07-16 00:36:49

In reply to: My city just banned plastic bags posted by rutfilthygers

the environmental impact of a cotton tote bag is worse by an order of magnitude than a plastic bag because of the relative water-intensivity of production. The economists they interviewed estimated charging people $0.05 a bag was actually more effective than bans.

DC banned straws recently but before that my local coffee place went to paper and “shark safe” straws. The former have obvious drawbacks; the latter can’t stand up against the star-puncture lids. Starbucks and a few other places have started offering cold drink lids that don’t require straws. But I went and bought a Yeti tumbler with a hard plastic straw and have it filled with iced coffee. Bonuses include I get extra coffee because baristas like the tumbler so they fill it to 22 oz every time and it doesn’t sweat from condensation.