The European Union is about to prohibit single use plastic items such as straws. People are bitching about it, asking what's the point cause it's such a small amount compared to all the other plastic things which aren't going to be banned. A foil balloon manufacturer in Switzerland already sees himself bankrupt cause his balloons have a straw instead of a string and his main income comes from exports to the EU... he'd better spend his time thinking about a renewable alternative. IMHO it's a good thing as a start! So was the ban of single use plastic bags in supermarkets which was ridiculed at first and now those people contemptuously look at the ones still selling plastic bags.Why don't you start a thread about plastic straws? Then you could post all this un-funny shit about plastic straws there? Just sayin'.
Many small steps will get you somewhere too, just not as fast.