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General Category => News => Topic started by: diddly on August 25, 2018, 10:45:11 AM

Title: Plastic Straws Aren't The Problem
Post by: diddly on August 25, 2018, 10:45:11 AM

Society is getting all up-in-arms over plastic straws and how they're ruining our environment, after a photo of a turtle with a straw up its nose went viral.  Maybe it just has a coke problem?  :)

In reality, if we dumped every plastic straw we consume in a year into the ocean, it would account for 0.03% of the plastic waste.  The real culprit?  46% of the garbage patch in the ocean is from fishing nets!  source (https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-07/plastic-straws-aren-t-the-problem)

Title: Re: Plastic Straws Aren't The Problem
Post by: diddly on August 27, 2018, 03:11:34 PM

This article claims cigarette butts are the single biggest source of waste: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/plastic-straw-ban-cigarette-butts-are-single-greatest-source-ocean-n903661 (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/plastic-straw-ban-cigarette-butts-are-single-greatest-source-ocean-n903661)