Noma ngabe uyibhizinisi elincane noma omkhulu wezizwe eziningi, ukwenza ushintsho kusuka kusetshenziswa kwepulasitiki kuya emaphepheni ukusetshenziswa kwenqwaba kungabonakala njengokuphazamiseka okungcono kakhulu; izindleko ezingeziwe ezingamukeleki kakhulu. Kungabonakala futhi kungadingekile. Impela ama-straws awabi yingozi kangako ngokwawo uma uwaqhathanisa nenani elithe xaxa lokunye ukufakwa kwepulasitiki esikulahla nsuku zonke? Esinye sezisusa ezisemqoka zomkhankaso wephrofayili ephezulu wokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwezitishi zepulasitiki kwakuwumkhankaso wegciwane le-2015 ku-inthanethi ngemuva kokuthi umcwaningi ekhiphe ividiyo yofudu lwasolwandle eCosta Rica ngotshani bepulasitiki obufakwe emakhaleni alo. Lokhu kuyikhombise kahle le nkinga: ukuthi noma into encane, ebonakala ingabalulekile ingadala ukucindezeleka okunjalo empilweni yasolwandle. Futhi ngenxa yokuthi ipulasitiki inamandla kakhulu entweni, isici esake sanconywa ngaso, asilulazi noma sivuselele kabusha. Ngakho-ke imicu elahliwe ingahlala isikhathi eside izinkulungwane zeminyaka, inyuke futhi yakhe uquqaba olusongela ukuphila olwandle emhlabeni wonke, njengeGreat Pacific Garbage Patch. Lokhu kuphakathi kweHawaii neCalifornia, ikakhulukazi kwenziwa ngamapulasitiki alahliwe (kufaka phakathi imicu yokuphuza), kuphindwe kabili kunesifundazwe saseTexas futhi kukhula ngaso sonke isikhathi. Kungumcabango owethusayo. Isinyathelo sokusebenzisa izingcwecwe zamaphepha ngobuningi e-UK nasemhlabeni wonke yisinyathelo esincane kodwa esiwusizo sokuqwashisa: uma singancenga abantu ukuthi bashintshe indlela abaziphatha ngayo ngezindlela ezincane, kuzolandela ushintsho olukhulu. Ukuthengiswa kwamaphepha wephepha anenqwaba yamakhemikhali asetshenziswa kalula emvelweni e-UK kabanzi kuyanda njengoba abantu bephikelela kwezinye izindlela ezingeyona ingozi kuma-plastiki asebenzisa into eyodwa.