Liberals, how many times must i wash and reuse a plastic straw before it's OK to throw it away?

If it's a crazy straw I'd keep it.

Some manure will help it decompose better, so after you've used it, you should gently insert the plastic straw into your anus, and move it in and out a bit. 

i would throw it away the first time

I think 17 sounds about right.

You could use a paper straw or invest in reusable stainless straws  

As a guy , I usually don't use a straw.  But, I guess that conservative men need them

thats up to you, course it shouldnt be that much of an issue unless you arent the only one using it 

Zero times. Use it once and throw it away. What's next? Reusing Condoms.

Once should be enough. I wash a plastic cup out with water once before giving it to others.

Let the fast food emporium dispose of it properly. They put it out there so they should handle it. They profited from it so they should bear the expense of recycling it.

Recycling plastic straws should be easy enough but they are such a SMALL portion of the 300 million tons of plastics produced annually they get no notice by the recycling industry.

Keep them out of waterways and our oceans and they become no major problem. The USA dumps most waste in landfills but Asia and Africa dumps everything into rivers and the Ocean.

As the Indonesians dump millions of tons of trash into the sea , the Leftists will riot and burn your house down because you used a straw .