Home United States USA — Science Starbucks Will Eliminate Plastic Straws to Cut Down on Waste

Starbucks Will Eliminate Plastic Straws to Cut Down on Waste

362
0
SHARE

Another company joins the movement to reduce consumption of plastics that pollute oceans and harm marine life.
The massive amounts of plastic trash in marine environments may be leading to toxic metals entering the food chain.
Alaska Airlines has become the first airline to renounce the use of plastic straws in an effort to raise awareness about the use of single-use plastics that pollute the world’s oceans.
New research shows the extent to which our dependence on plastic is infecting, damaging, and killing coral reefs from Thailand to Australia.
There are medical, chemical, and environmental issues associated with some pretty common plastic products. Is it time to label these as hazardous waste?
The new documentary ‘Bag It’ reaches from the plastic sacks stuffed under your sink to the malign role disposable plastics play in global life.
Instead of shaming disabled consumers who rely on straws, let’s hold producers of plastic financially responsible for their waste.

Continue reading...