I did a plastic cup experiment when I was at a large software company in the Pacific Northwest.

I kept re-using the same disposable coffee cup for as long as I could.

After a month it started leaking a bit.

The only way that happens is if a tiny bit of the cup itself dissolves every time you put hot coffee in it.

So yeah we're flooded with plastics and it's also necessary for civilization so boo hoo.

Better to use oil for plastics than burn it, is where I choose sides. And obviously use less plastics. A single use non-reneewable coffee stir doesn't really need to exist. And it especially doesn't need to exist inside its own single use non renewable thin film biologically unavailable plastic packaging.