4. The Last Straw
Waste Not WHY Not
English - June 04, 2019 06:03 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsScience nate maynard ghost island podcast nature n8 taiwan podcast the ghost island ghost island media sustainability climate crisis Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Plastic straws are everywhere. Governments and corporations are beginning to enact straw bans. That's good, right? But does banning plastic straws really help the worst of plastic pollution? In this episode we look at the real damage from straws, and why the most popular strawlternative is actually worse than plastic. We also hear from a local business in Taipei, Ooh Cha Cha, and its founder Mai Bach on how they phased out plastic straws, and what a national ban on plastic straws may mean for businesses.
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EPISODE CREDIT | Emily Y. Wu (@emilyywu), producer | Nate Maynard (@N8May), producer, host | Emily Cardinali (@emilycardinali), editor | Chris Lo, theme song | Thomas Lee, brand design | a Ghost Island Media production (@ghostislandme) | www.ghostisland.media
Support the show: https://patreon.com/wastenotwhynot
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Plastic straws are everywhere. Governments and corporations are beginning to enact straw bans. That's good, right? But does banning plastic straws really help the worst of plastic pollution? In this episode we look at the real damage from straws, and why the most popular strawlternative is actually worse than plastic. We also hear from a local business in Taipei, Ooh Cha Cha, and its founder Mai Bach on how they phased out plastic straws, and what a national ban on plastic straws may mean for businesses.
Support “Waste Not Why Not” on Patreon. Follow us on Twitter @wastenotpod. View show notes. Send questions to [email protected]. Subscribe to “Waste Not a Newsletter" on Substack.
EPISODE CREDIT | Emily Y. Wu (@emilyywu), producer | Nate Maynard (@N8May), producer, host | Emily Cardinali (@emilycardinali), editor | Chris Lo, theme song | Thomas Lee, brand design | a Ghost Island Media production (@ghostislandme) | www.ghostisland.media
Support the show: https://patreon.com/wastenotwhynot
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.