I think only people who never been to a beach think that plastic straws are in any way a significant part of plastic pollution problem.

It's always mostly plastic containers like bottles, plastic bags, fish nets and some random broken pieces of something bigger. Almost never straws.

https://i.wpimg.pl/3500x0/d.wpimg.pl/355768210-77880789/zani...

https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_lossy,ret_img,w_7...

https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/garbage-on-the-sand-bea...

Which Seaspiracy told me is basically eyewash.

Straws aren't truly banned per se in CA. McDonalds still provide the cardboard ones. Only plastic straws specifically are banned, and only at retail establishments; you can still buy them in packs at the dollar store.

IMHO, a lot of environmental legislation is mostly out-of-touch theatrics with no real impact. See realities of recent recycling center shutdowns and what sort of stuff gets picked up on beach cleanup days.