Do We Actually Need to Talk About Plastic Straws?

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4.4 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Plastic straws have become the villain we can all cheer against, but how did we get here? Researcher Sam Athey explains why straws are significant in the fight against plastic pollution. Brenna Houck tells us how straws became a media darling. Finally, David Rhodes, the global business director at Aardvark paper Straws, shares what it's like to be at one of the fastest growing companies ever. Hosted by: Amanda Kludt and Daniel Geneen. Sign up for Amanda Kludt’s newsletter here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	McDonald's shareholder set to vote tomorrow on a proposal to study the risks of using plastic straw.
0:05.7	Alaska Airlines will become the first U.S. carrier to eliminate plastic straws and use compostable
0:10.8	wood ones instead.
0:17.0	Welcome to the Eater Upsell part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. This is Amanda Clute Editor and Chief of Eater.
0:19.0	I'm joined as always by my star co-host Daniel Janine.
0:22.0	Hi Daniel. Amanda, Hi Daniel,
0:23.2	Amanda, today we are talking about straws.
0:26.0	We are dedicating a whole episode to straws.
0:29.4	I feel like so much has changed in the way that people see straws and I see straws in the
0:36.1	last three years but even in the last month. Yeah especially in the last
0:40.7	months. For those who don't know in 2015 there was a video of a
0:46.8	straw being pulled out of a turtle's nose that went crazy viral and since then
0:52.1	there have been a series of straw bans
0:55.0	companies announcing that they are phasing out straws and even cities are now
1:00.7	some cities Seattle as declared itself as straw-free.
1:05.0	Yeah, the UK wants to ban straws and other plastics
1:08.0	and other bad items by the end of this year.
1:11.3	And I think we've seen a rise in the market of straw alternatives.
1:14.3	Straw alternatives.
1:15.3	So Daniel you yourself bought a packet of metal straws.
1:19.9	So here's the deal.
1:20.9	Just this week.
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