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Related: About this forumSeattle becomes first major U.S. city to ban straws
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.July 1 at 6:05 PM
In one fell sip, Seattle on Sunday became the first major U.S. city to ban drinking straws, an environmentally friendly move that leaders hope will spark a nationwide conversation about small, everyday changes that people can make to protect the planet.
A decade ago, the city adopted an ordinance requiring that all one-time-use food-service items be compostable or recyclable, according to the Seattle Times. But straws and other utensils were exempted from that law because there were not many good alternatives.
So the straws stayed, along with the environmental problems they cause.
Most plastic straws arent heavy enough to make it through industrial recycling sorters, according to the Strawless Ocean campaign, and can ruin an otherwise good load of recycling. Or they end up getting blown out of trash cans and car windows and ultimately wind up in the oceans, where they can hurt wildlife.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/07/01/seattle-becomes-first-major-u-s-city-to-ban-straws/
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Seattle becomes first major U.S. city to ban straws (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Jul 2018
OP
Okay, I am guilty of using straws to drink water with my meal in restaurants.
dameatball
Jul 2018
#2
DBoon
(22,363 posts)1. that's the last straw!
Someone has to say it
Doreen
(11,686 posts)3. yeah, yeah, your cute.
dameatball
(7,397 posts)2. Okay, I am guilty of using straws to drink water with my meal in restaurants.
I hereby repent. If I can't trust the restaurant to be clean enough to wash their glasses, then I should go elsewhere. I really never gave this issue any thought, so thanks for the post.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)4. You know what this means?
We can start using licorice for straws more. Maybe the restaurants will do that......oh.....probably not. Hey, it was a thought.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)5. They banned PLASTIC straws----so what?
Paper straws will make a comeback------I grew up with them.