Plastic straw ban: Disabled upset by ban on plastic straws - TomoNews

SEATTLE — The recent crackdown down on plastic straws may be good for the environment, but it's not doing the disabled any favors.

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[trillali]

When cigarettes are still around but not plastic straws

[itsmeanthony]

This is what’s wrong with the world, we ban straws, but not cigarettes.

[earthrebranded]

There are soft silicone straws that are super flexible and reusable maybe that can work?

[a_forcebreckonedwith]

This is the dumbest thing I've heard since 11 year olds wanting to eat a tide pod

[amazinghavlectabfdie]

My grandmother needed to use plastic straws to drink her milk.

R.I.P 1965-2019

[savannahannbennett]

Oh I have an IDEA!!! PAPER STRAWS!!! **mind blows up**

[schindlerteejay]

at least we have reusable drinking straws, that bend for now.

[SaraS-jqln]

Who's still throwing trash in the ocean? If you throw it in a trash can it goes to a dump. Why only worry about plastic straws? If they end up in the ocean then so does everything else? Why go after the straws?

[shelliingle]

How sad. I had grown up with disabled people in my life. :'(

[SharkFishSF]

BTW, US consumes only 175 million straws, not 500 million per day.

[Samcanspam]

Life hack, use a long thing of pasta to use a straw

[majooleonmagnani]

There are compostable straws that work exactly like the plastic ones and are disposable and not expensive.

[dogbich]

In aus they ban plastic bags and now use renuwable ones

[honeyhoney]

Should there be a ban on people pissing on the streets and pooing to

[samutraifin]

so, no more plastic straws from macdonalnds, burger king and other places

[mlgtrickolumbine]

? Is this in a separate state or country thats not america or south Carolina

[Northisbest]

Straw can new design by strong paper made something like that...I must have straw too...

[Twilight]

Use reusable straws plastic straws are killing ocean life it’s not hard

[jairoherrera]

Why won't the caretaker or the family bring in their own straws? That's the solution

[goldybays]

They could have paper straws. Those are biodegradable depending on the paper. My family has paper straws.