Activists Say Straws Should Be Banned Because They Are a 'Gateway Plastic' - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Activists Say Straws Should Be Banned Because They Are a 'Gateway Plastic' - Hit & Run : Reason.com
"Advocates hope a straw ban will be the first step toward broader plastic prohibitions.
Plastic straw bans won't help the environment, but that's no reason not to pass them.
Or so argue straw prohibitionists who want the little suckers outlawed in the hope of provoking environmentally friendly soul searching among inconvenienced consumers.

"Straw bans aren't going to save the ocean, but they could jumpstart much-needed conversations about the level of non-biodegradable trash in them," writes Vox's Radhika Viswanathan, who gets all the facts about straws and their minimal effect on the environment right but still manages to come out in favor of a ban.
Viswanathan is joined by Dune Ives, executive director of the environmental group Lonely Whale, which has has targeted straws as a "gateway plastic."...

Read on.