Bad Stats Are Being Used to Push Straw Bans in Australia, Britain, and Canada
The United States does not have a monopoly on poorly sourced statistics.
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Are Plastic Straw Bans Just Late Socialism?: Podcast
The Reason Podcast crew takes on Trump's lawyers, trade wars, plastic straw bans, and the rise of socialism.
Hilarious Straw Ban Memes Hit on the Dark Truth That All Laws Require Force
Straw banners will soon have to answer for all the people fined, arrested, or even jailed for violating their petty prohibitions.
Oops! San Francisco Bubble Tea Company Throws Support Behind Straw Ban Without Realizing It Also Bans All Feasible Replacement Straws
Reading the fine print is important.
Santa Barbara Bans Plastic Straws, Authorizes $1,000 Fines and Jail Time for Violators
The California city has passed what is likely the most severe straw ban in the country.
Marriott Ditching Plastic Straws, Still Not Sure What It Will Use Instead
The hotel chain says it will eliminate roughly 1 billion plastic straws by July 2019.
Don't Ban Straws
Banning straws "might make some politicians feel good, but it won't actually accomplish anything good."
Starbucks Wants to Send More Plastic to a Recycling Industry in Crisis
Thanks to Chinese restrictions on imported recyclables, even less of America's waste is getting reused.
Stossel: Plastic Straw Myths
The claim that Americans use 500 million plastic straws daily is based on a nine-year-old's school project.
Starbucks Bans Plastic Straws, Winds Up Using More Plastic
A Reason investigation reveals that the coffee giant's new cold drink lids use more plastic than the old straw/lid combo.
Seattle's First-in-the-Nation Straw Ban Goes Into Effect. More Will Follow.
The latest environmental craze claims another victory.
Activists Say Straws Should Be Banned Because They Are a 'Gateway Plastic'
Advocates hope a straw ban will be the first step toward broader plastic prohibitions.
What Cause Could Possibly Be Awful Enough to Unite Portland, Calvin Harris, and McDonald's?
Another crop of celebrities, cities, and corporations declare war on single-use plastic straws.
European Plastics Ban Takes Aim at Straw Man
Plastic straws face another setback with a proposal for a continent-wide ban.
New York the Latest City to Take Aim At Plastic Straws
Momentum to ban these convenient suckers keeps growing.
Another City Cites Bogus Stats From 9-Year-Old to Justify Straw Ban
Vancouver is the latest city to take aim at singe-use plastic straws.
U.K. Goes Full Nanny State With Proposed Nationwide Plastic Straw Ban
Want to cut back on plastic marine waste? Focus on waste management systems, not drinking straws.
Media, Legislators, Activists Stick By Straw Stats Produced By 9-Year-Old
An elementary school student said Americans use 500 million straws a day. Adults studying the issue put the figure far lower.
15 Times Major Media Outlets Used a Statistic about Plastic Straws Based on Research by a 9-Year-Old
A number's popularity does not prove its accuracy.
