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wahikid t1_it6t8qa wrote

Reply to comment by mikere in YSK: November 1 the grace period ends, and all food service establishments must maintain a sufficient supply of single-use plastic beverage straws that are not compostable and provide these, free of charge, to any person who requests one. by BarriBlue

Right? How did people ever even LIVE for the decades that we all used paper straws exclusively, before plastic straws were a thing?

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drcordell t1_it7o6sm wrote

They used “straw” straws made out of actual reeds. Honestly they’re pretty great!

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wahikid t1_it7owl2 wrote

No, we all used paper straws. From the late 1880’s up till the mid 1960’s, paper straws were used almost exclusively. Somehow, they were totally acceptable and didn’t kill or maim massive amounts of people. Now, I am under zero illusions that plastic straws are the single most environmentally damaging use of plastic, by a long shot. Just that to say that they are the worst, or unusable, is laughably false.

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