It became people's gateway drug into actually caring about plastic pollution.
Basically, Bhathal argues, the movement led to the widespread limiting of a number of single-use plastics; not just plastic straws, but throw-away cups, containers, and various types of plastic packaging. And most importantly, thethe absence of some plastics. That's nothing to bat an eye at — it's incredibly difficult to drive mass behavioral shifts, especially when corporate interests don't align.
"Our brains favor habits because they conserve energy," Leslie Davenport, a climate psychology educator and consultant, told. "So if we are going against the current — a BYO straw for example — it's hard for most people to do so unless highly motivated." It's also true that an ever-growing number of plastic straw bans are now in effect, in a number of US
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