The idea that plastic straws should be banned distracts from corporate waste.
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sources:

Science Says: Amount of straws, plastic pollution is huge
(only about 2,000 of the nearly 9 million tons, 0.022%, of yearly plastic waste is straws)
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-science-amount-straws-plastic-pollution.html

Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic (46 percent of the plastic in the garbage patch by weight is fishing nets)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-w

4 things we learned about plastic straw bans from people with disabilities
https://mashable.com/2018/07/16/plastic-straw-ban-people-with-disabilities/#3IuH6OJaSPqW

Plastic straw alternative chart
https://twitter.com/coraloha/status/1018711344269283328

Disability Rights Advocates Point Out Problem with Banning Plastic Straws
https://nowthisnews.com/videos/news/disability-rights-advocates-on-the-problem-with-banning-plastic-straws

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