September 6, 2024

Meanwhile.. . .

Sam Smith -  I'm afraid Kamala Harris has backtracked on an issue that has some significance for your editor: she no longer wants to do away with plastic straws. When I make my weekly trip to recycle and go to the grocery store, I buy lunch at McDonald's and order my Diet Coke with "no straw please."  This is not an ecological choice; I just can't figure out why people prefer to drink soda with straws. One McDonald's staffer calls me "Strawless Sam." This hasn't affected my voting choice but it is still a bit of a disappointment.

A workshop in Taiwan called the Trash Kitchen is turning plastic waste into sunglasses.


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