Environmentalists claim the billions of plastic straws Americans use every year are harmful to the environment.

Waste360 Staff, Staff

July 24, 2018

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Plastic Straw Bans Continue to Evolve
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Every day, more and more reports circulate about the growing anti-plastic straw movement.

In the past week alone, major companies, like Marriot International and IKEA, have joined other major players, like Starbucks, in the movement to eliminate plastic straws from their business operations. And in cities like Seattle and Santa Barbara, single-use plastic straws have been banned altogether.

Here is a look behind the ongoing anti-plastic straw movement.

Fox News has more:

Environmental advocates claim the billions of plastic straws Americans use every year are harmful to nature, and should be eliminated. Many restaurants are now supplying straws only by request, eliminating them entirely.

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