And what about the people that worked for the companies that manufactured the straws the toiletries? They just lost their jobs, that is a big deal.
In the medium-term, this is actually a plus for jobs because cheap disposable straws are the low-cost low-margin solution that employs the minimum of people.
For a local employment maxima, it would be ideal to replace them with artisanal locally-handcrafted straws made from 100% domestically sourced materials. Either that or high-tech carbon-fiber straws.
I actually think most drinks will be served without lids but in the case where they use "sippy lids", bans like this will actually spark engineering employment to design these lids, including manufacturing processes. You'll also get some boost as manufacturers buy new tooling to make the lids in quantity. It is this kind of domestic demand that moves manufacturing back to the U.S. Finally, as the rest of the world follows the U.S. into the anti-straw madness, we'll be able to initially export the new lids and ultimately export the manufacturing tooling for these lids. And who knows, the lids could be cheaper than the old lid+straw combo and so we'll see almost universal worldwide domination.
I don't know where Disney sourced its straws but most cheap disposable straws are made in China. I don't want to create an international incident, but I'm not as concerned about keeping overseas workers employed in order to support my straw habit.
And no I will never use the community toiletries in the room that is just nasty, I can tell you the new norm for a lot of people will be ringing their own toiletries,
I think a fair number of people don't use the community shampoo or body wash because they prefer to bring their salon-grade luxury shampoo and body wash from home. It's what's in the bottle that matters the most to people, I think, not the bottle itself.
and straws and plastic bags for purchases (the reusable bags will allow expensive purchases to be soaked by Florida rain) in the end it will be a lot more plastic
I don't know about you, but if I have an expensive water-sensitive purchase, I'm not depending on the open-topped disposable bag for protection. I normally stuff all purchases into our waterproof day-pack anyway.
Apologies for seeming so serious about this. I'm not, but I can't resist these weird trivial discussions.
