10 REASONS TO

SKIP THE STRAW O 500 million straws are used in ~

• O Straws and other plastic harm

the U.S. every day. That's enough ~ sea life, including fish, turtles to fill 125 school buses. and coral reefs.

f) \ I Plastic straws are among the Top Five O Straws are easily carried away by the wind, :\ $/I&) I items collected on the beach every year. ending up littering our beaches and in our

oceans and waterways.

0 About 90% of trash in the O Every year, the U.S. uses enough oceans is made from plastic. straws to wrap around the eartha

2.5 times.

Q Plastic trash pollutes most marine habitats, About 90% of seabirds and including the deep sea, coral reefs, beaches 30% of turtles have plastics in and rivers. their stomach.

O In most places, plastic straws - (fi) Plastic breaks down into smaller pieces, but never cannot be recycled. fully goes away.11

HOW YOU CAN HELP== Reduce your use of single-use plastics. Participate in beach or river cleanups.

Pick up litter and properly dispose of it. Ask your family and friends to Skip the Straw!

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