Plastic straws are harmful to sea turtles. That is why their use has been reduced.
Do you like turtles?
Comment on Google’s carbon emissions soar by 48% due to AI
_sideffect@lemmy.world 4 months ago
But by all means, everyone don’t use plastic straws! You’re killing the environment!
evolvor@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I know this is true, but I find it bizarre that there’s this fixation on straws and not the hundred other things we are likely doing that also kills turtles.
It’s like someone saw that viral video of the turtle with a straw up it’s nose and decided that’s the only thing to focus on.
barsoap@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Detractors have that fixation on straws, for the EU legislature it was just another regulation among many.
Also the plastic straw fixation is now kinda fading in favour of attached bottle caps. People will literally lose 50 IQ points and stub their nose to spite Berlaymont instead of rotating the bottle 90 degrees.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
I bought this like, prepared meal thing. It was like ramen or something. Packaged, shelf stable.
Every component was individually plastic wrapped. Even the bowl. Except for the bamboo “spoon”. That was wrapped in paper. I put “spoon” in quotes because it was vaguely spoon shaped and functioned more like an oat from a rowboat.
Like, was this just a piss poor attempt at green washing?
Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 4 months ago
No straw though, right? You’re in the clear.
androogee@midwest.social 4 months ago
Yeah dawg we can’t possibly do two things that are good for the environment, we have to pick one. Everyone knows that.
Holzkohlen@feddit.de 4 months ago
I pick guillotining the rich as my one thing
naught101@lemmy.world 4 months ago
What about choking them with plastic straws?