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My point is that if people were willing to pay more for products that come from environmentally friendly methods, then that company would produce them with environmentally friendly methods. The consumer is also making a decision about money.
Straws are a red herring. Little waste like that is barely a drop in the ocean of pollution. The true problem is fishing gear. It's cheaper to throw shit overboard when it gets caught or falls into disrepair, than to properly dispose of it.
Not to mention, plastic straws are the only ones that check every box for disability concerns. >

I mean, you’re not wrong. It’s these billionaires, and such doing way more environmental damage with their jets, yachts and or these overfishing (when they aren’t suppose to) which really is.
Plastic straws I guess are a tiny fix, to cover up the bigger problems, I guess making people think it’s making a big impact, but it’s barely. >

But it isn't a fix. It's the ghost of a fix, and it serves to blame people like me and you, rather than the industries that are raping the planet (and us) >

But industries exist to provide things to consumers, like me and you. Not creating pollution for the sheer joy of it. >

No they create pollution for money. Cause they don’t have to create a bunch of pollution to get their products to consumers, but they will since it is cheaper for them to create pollution than to use environmentally friendly methods.