Deeply Talks: Why Plastic Straws Are Key to Fighting Ocean Pollution
[2023-10-01 12:51:08]
Oceans and experts asked how Seattle banned the use of plastic straws and implemented "stoke free" campaigns in other cities, and how straw changed the use of people's disposable plastics, We talked deeply about whether it would cause a marine pollution crisis.
Every day, 1 billion non-recyclable plastic straws (500 million in the United States) are used around the world, eventually numerous straws invade the ocean, polluted waters and coastline, and sea turtles and other oceans It poses a fatal threat to animals. As a result of the campaign "Lost Straw in Seattle" by Lonely Whale Foundation, 3 million disposable plastic straws in the city were eliminated in September. As of July 1, 2018, Seattle will prohibit uncomposted plastic straws and cutlery from 3,100 food service companies, including Starbucks, to sports facilities. A lonely whale will start an unstoppable move to at least ten cities next year.
In the latest episode of Deeply Talks, Todd Woody, the executive editor of the Deeply environment, hosted a discussion on the straw ban and the effort to stop suction by Done Ives, executive director of the Lonely Whale Foundation. Planning and Project Management Director Ferris and Papyrus Aardvark Global Business Director David Rhodes
"When I see people approaching the sea and seeing how to raise awareness about ocean health issues, especially marine waste, we would like to find a project that is unevenly distributed among us all in everyday life," says Ives say. . "For this purpose, there is an off-the-shelf acceptable alternative that anyone can act immediately."
For Seattle, straw is the straw for the first time in ten years. The food service company has replaced plastics and polystyrene foam packaging and dishes with sustainable alternatives. "Today there are lots of certified compost straws on the market," Fife-Ferris says.
Cities allow compostable plastic straws, but such straws can be composted only in industrial facilities and will not biodegrade into the ocean. However, according to Rhodes, the paper straw produced by Aardvark is marine biodegradable.
However, the panelists stressed that this is not a straw problem, but uses it to change attitudes towards one-off culture and lead to a crisis of marine plastic contamination.
"The originality of using something small and ordinary as a straw, it is often used without waste, that it causes waste, that we think of us useless behavior and think of us Other things that are inadvertently and unnecessarily used are "Fife said," Felis
Plastic straws are not the biggest cause of marine plastic contamination, but they have become simple targets. In less than a year, several major chain restaurants including McDonald's and Starbucks announced the transition from straw. In California's Disneyland, straws and other disposable plastics are also removed. Seattle became the first major city in the United States forbidding straws in July. Brown provincial governor recently entered into a law prohibiting the sale of animal cosmetics and a law requiring vegetarian meals at the hospitals and prisons in the state. Last week, Los Angeles became the nation 's largest fur marketing ban, joining the three cities of California San Francisco, Berkeley, West Hollywood.
Every few months, another city, state, or state announced that it prohibits the use of plastic straw. Although these policies are designed to guide the way to remove plastic from the ocean, according to our best estimate, straws are not the main cause of marine plastic contamination. However, the proposed ban has had an unexpected effect, it turned out that many people with disabilities can not enter the restaurant and rely too much on consumers' environmentalism.
Plastic straw is really bad for the ocean. In the US it is estimated that over 500 million US dollars a day are used, most of which eventually enter the ocean, pollute the water source and kill marine life. We would like people to encourage p