How Plastic Straws Slip Through the Cracks of Waste Management
How Plastic Straws Slip Through the Cracks of Waste Management
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
July 26, 20187m 16s
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Show Notes
Earlier this year, a three-year-old video of researchers extracting a long, twisted tube from a reptile’s bleeding nostril went viral. To date, it has accumulated more than 30 million views and set off a moral panic. The straw that broke the turtle’s beak also did a number on the camel’s back. Companies like Starbucks, Ikea, and Hilton hotels have announced policies reducing or eliminating single-use slurping devices.
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