"Paper and water don’t go together. Paper is made of a compound called cellulose, which dissolves in water. Why anyone would think it’s a good idea to make drinking straws out of paper is beyond me. **They really are useless. Yet ‘paper straws’ have become the sustainability badge for restaurants and bars across the world**. ([Location 4014](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=4014))" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[counter-intuitive-thinking]], [[public-policy]], [[pollution]], [[juicy-sentences]], [[plastics]] **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]