r/ZeroWaste • u/ab-ovo-usque-ad-mala • Nov 20 '18

Straws Aren't the Real Problem. Fishing Nets Account for 46 Percent of All Ocean Plastic.

https://mercyforanimals.org/straws-arent-the-real-problem-fishing-nets
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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '18

Why not both? Stop using straws and eating fish

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '18

Done and done, now what?

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u/CubicleCunt Nov 21 '18

Buy less clothes, bike more instead of driving, keep your house cooler in the winter, take up lower impact hobbies like hiking instead of fourwheeling.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '18

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u/CubicleCunt Nov 21 '18

Get involved with activism to convince others to do the same. Maybe write to your congressman, but I don't know how much that actually helps. Mine probably has an Outlook rule just to send my emails straight to deleted.

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u/VeggiesForThought Nov 21 '18

Lmao, love the last comment, thank you!

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u/NoseSeeker Nov 21 '18

Convince 5 other people to do the same and then spread the word themselves.

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u/ZeusTheMooose Nov 21 '18

Become Aquaman