10 REASONS TO SKIP THE STRAW The Straw...10 REASONS TO STRAW 500 million straws are used in the U.S....
Transcript of 10 REASONS TO SKIP THE STRAW The Straw...10 REASONS TO STRAW 500 million straws are used in the U.S....
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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