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re: If you use a straw, you are destroying the environment
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:13 pm to SabiDojo
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:13 pm to SabiDojo
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Plastics are destroying the planet really.
It really is. I think it was a docu where I saw a trash trail that was floating in the ocean that was miles and miles wide. It’s just common sense that this stuff does not belong there and therefore hurting and killing everything in it’s path.
This post was edited on 7/13/18 at 3:16 pm
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Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:15 pm to Tester1216
so, don't throw them in the ocean?
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:17 pm to MorbidTheClown
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don't throw them in the ocean?
Well someone is.
Found it
This post was edited on 7/13/18 at 3:20 pm
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:20 pm to Tester1216
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As much of a tree hugger I am, unless I can visibly see them wash my glass, I’m using a straw.
If the glass is dirty isn’t drinking what’s in the glass as bad as touching the glass itself?
What about shot glasses, martini glasses, wine glass, champagne glass? Straw with them as well.
Nothing screams class like watching someone drink their wine through a straw. Not saying it doesn’t happen, it just appears as a tad trashy.
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:21 pm to Mud_Till_May
the enviroment is already destroyed
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:22 pm to namvet6566
Paper straws and done!
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:28 pm to Tester1216
Recently the NHS students at the school I work at did a beach clean up. They filled almost 6 full size garbage bags of just straws.
Part of the problem as mentioned is that their weight allows them to blow away, drain through drain grates, and wind up outside of the trash. The US was using almost 500 million straws per day. Removing the straw isn’t a bad measure by any means. I’ll agree the use of other plastics should be culled as well, but this is a good start. I know Block Island has moved from the straw to banning plastic shopping bags and balloons. The city I live in will be doing the same within the year.
Part of the problem as mentioned is that their weight allows them to blow away, drain through drain grates, and wind up outside of the trash. The US was using almost 500 million straws per day. Removing the straw isn’t a bad measure by any means. I’ll agree the use of other plastics should be culled as well, but this is a good start. I know Block Island has moved from the straw to banning plastic shopping bags and balloons. The city I live in will be doing the same within the year.
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:30 pm to Jp1LSU
People’s lips were there!!!
Stop debunking my logic
Stop debunking my logic
This post was edited on 7/13/18 at 3:38 pm
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:33 pm to Tester1216
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It really is. I think it was a docu where I saw a trash trail that was floating in the ocean that was miles and miles wide. It’s just common sense that this stuff does not belong there and therefore hurting and killing everything in it’s path.
You kinda sound like a Yoga Girl alter?
You into Chem Trails?
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:35 pm to Count Chocula
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Chem Trails
I suppose it’s plausible but that’s not really my soapbox.
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:37 pm to AbitaFan08
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Is it really that big of a deal to simply ask for a straw? At the end of the day, the restaurant decreases their waste output while saving a little money and the people who want straws get straws. Sounds like a win-win.
I don’t see what the big deal is. You want a straw...ask for one. I’ve been to restaurants that have been doing this (straws on request) for years now.
I got bigger fish to fry in my life than to get upset over petty shite. I’m not a liberal by any means...but some of the mouth breathers on here and the way they act towards anything remotely leaning to the liberal side is just ridiculous.
This post was edited on 7/13/18 at 3:38 pm
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:39 pm to Tester1216
Most straws are unwrapped. They come in cardboard boxes that rats piss on as they chew on the cardboard. Even after being urine soaked the straw gets passed all around the restaurant and touched by more dirty hands than a porta potty door. Straws are a pain to take out and transfer into a new container. Almost every time this process is attempted the straws fall on the floor where they are gathered and then put back into a new straw container. If anything the straw, the menu, and the check presenter are the 3 dirtiest things in a restaurant.
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:40 pm to lsunurse
i'm going to get 2 straws from now on.
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:41 pm to Jp1LSU
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They filled almost 6 full size garbage bags of just straws.
That’s crazy and awesome that kids (assuming voluntarily) did that.
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:42 pm to Jp1LSU
quote:Well that's refreshing.
Most straws are unwrapped. They come in cardboard boxes that rats piss
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:44 pm to Jp1LSU
Welp, there goes my dinner plans tonight.
And, like I said, being a one time waitress has made me look at restaurants in a whole new light.
And, like I said, being a one time waitress has made me look at restaurants in a whole new light.
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:48 pm to lsunurse
500 million straws
Waste of resources.
The gyre in pacific is full of plastic.
Some of you baws need to find something else to be stupid about besides using 500 straws a year.
Waste of resources.
The gyre in pacific is full of plastic.
Some of you baws need to find something else to be stupid about besides using 500 straws a year.
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:48 pm to Tester1216
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It really is. I think it was a docu where I saw a trash trail that was floating in the ocean that was miles and miles wide. It’s just common sense that this stuff does not belong there and therefore hurting and killing everything in it’s path.
What percentage of this is made up of straws used by Americans?
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:50 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Americans
Not sure why that matters? I think in the docu I saw many places in Europe are no longer using straws.
Posted on 7/13/18 at 3:52 pm to Tester1216
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Europe are no longer using straws.
Who drinks wine with a straw?
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