Bro Taguchi is rather upset with the Sierra Club these days, because their tips just aren’t practical. I agree with him.
Here’s one thing you can do that is actually super-easy.
I’m betting that, at home, all of you drink fluids from a cup, mug, etc., with no plastic lid on it. Also, you walk around your home with said vessel with ease. Sometimes you spill. Ok, whatever.
But why the hell do we feel compelled to put a plastic lid on our cups when we dine in at some restaurant? Do we get clumsier when we walk in the damn door? As I’m walking around Burger King, I don’t lose half my motor skills. I can understand using a lid in the car. Fine. But you don’t need one in BK.
Of course, the lid leads to the straw. More plastic. 1,000s of years of plastic. Sweet.
Yes, I’ll pull the standard move: imagine all those goddamned plastic lids and straws piling up. There are a shitload out there.
“BUT NO, Spanky! I don’t want to be clumsy in BK.”
I know from where this tendency comes. It’s because the jokers that have the soda fountains behind the counter put lids on your cups. We’re just used to it.
Just say no to the damn lid. You’ll be ok. I promise.
If you do use the lids, recycle them. Take them home with you, but don’t throw them away. It’s so damn easy.
-MC Spanky McGee