Americans alone dispose of nearly 500 Million plastic straws.... Per DAY!
It’s mind boggling.
The backlash is now in full swing. McD’s is considering switching to paper straws. ( which, suck!...and not in a good way)
It's always something. In a thread a few years ago, I learned that those nifty McD plastic coffee stirrer-spoons were just the right size for a hit of cocaine or the like, and drug dealers were using them to distribute pre-packaged, single-dose wares.
(Probably contained BPA, too...)