THE PAPER STRAW WAS WORSE: Korea's Own Study
The paper straw was worse. A study commissioned by South Korea's own environment ministry compared four kinds of straws across 16 environmental measures, from the factory to the trash can. Ordinary plastic straws had the smallest impact in 10 of the 16. Paper straws scored about 6.3 times plastic on the study's carcinogenic-impact measure and about twice on acidification, per the Korea Herald and the South China Morning Post. A lawmaker: "The government must acknowledge the failure of its greenwashing policy." Years of soggy straws, and the plastic one was better all along. We're from the…
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