Why Straw Bans Don’t Help the Environment and Needlessly Restrict Freedom0

• Economics
• August 6, 2018

Of all the consumer products one might have expected to become a flashpoint for political controversy, the humble plastic drinking straw is an unlikely contender. Leap into the headlines it has, though, with communities like Seattle and San Francisco recently enacting bans on disposable straws. The city council of Santa Barbara, California, initially voted for a ban