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Yes, paper straws suck. Rather than bring back plastic ones, let’s avoid single-use items

  • Written by Bhavna Middha, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
Yes, paper straws suck. Rather than bring back plastic ones, let’s avoid single-use itemsDragon Images/Shutterstock

When US President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to return to plastic straws, claiming the paper version is ineffective and “disgustingly dissolves in your mouth”, he was widely criticised for setting back efforts to reduce plastic pollution. But many alternatives designed to help phase out single-use...

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