In article , Roger Hayter
wrote:
charles wrote:

In article , Roger Hayter
wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 08/04/18 03:36, wrote:
On Saturday, 7 April 2018 19:08:14 UTC+1, Andrew wrote:
On 06/04/2018 16:54, tabbypurr wrote:
On Friday, 6 April 2018 16:20:03 UTC+1, whisky-dave wrote:

Plastic drinking straws ! I've just signed a petition against
plastic drinking straws.

How high do you think they are on the list of the planet's
biggest problems?


Judging by the way they wash up beaches and are ingested by
marine life, I think they belong in the top 10, along with all
forms of plastic waste (teabags, coffee cups, sandwich cartons,
cook-chill food trays).

Ah. I thought the planet's top 10 problems contained things like
a billion people in poverty, huge numbers of deaths from
diseases, stuff like that.

But thats all *natural* stuff like wot God does. Only Man is
capable of Sin.

Giving the environmentalists full credit for honesty and good
judgment, I wonder if it is justified to do away with plastic straws
because it is relatively cheap and simple to do?

and what do you do then? use plastic coated paper? or real straw?

Re-usable straws. So only those who really need them will bother. People
with wired jaws, for instance.

and small children

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