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		dnomad on Aug 25, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Plastic Straws Aren’t the Problem This is wrong. Plastics can and do escape landfills. Also it doesn't seem to be the case that all, or even most, single-use plastics are properly disposed of and make it to landfills.

intended on Aug 26, 2018 [–]

Yeah I have no idea why this is being downvoted.

Not to mention this is IF plastics make it to landfills in the first place.

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