Just the other day I went to throw a plastic straw away and as I opened up the bin was faced with a load of un-recyclable plastic film, wrappers for fruit and veg and plastic punnets etc. The straw was a tiny fraction of the problem.

At that point it really felt like the focus on plastic straws was just a token gesture. Some small gesture to make people feel good about themselves and the people in power while the main problem, the tons of other plastic we use, isn't close to getting fixed.