I'm mostly going for the "entirely unnecessary (unlike tires)" thing, especially given consumption levels. I don't think I would've gotten through a single tyres worth of plastic in straws in my lifetime even if they weren't banned.
Like, sure, there is use cases for tyres even in utopia, hell, a tyreless bicycle sounds shit, but we're talking what, like a percent of what is currently used?
I'm mostly going for the "entirely unnecessary (unlike tires)" thing, especially given consumption levels. I don't think I would've gotten through a single tyres worth of plastic in straws in my lifetime even if they weren't banned.
Like, sure, there is use cases for tyres even in utopia, hell, a tyreless bicycle sounds shit, but we're talking what, like a percent of what is currently used?