Plastic Free Challenge - Day 24
Today's challenge is to "use a metal or paper straw (or none at all)".
437 million to 8.3 billion plastic straws are on the entire world's coastlines. "Seabirds can ingest as much as 8 percent of their body weight in plastic, which for humans "is equivalent to the average woman having the weight of two babies in her stomach," says Hardesty of Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.
Nearly nine million tonnes of plastic — bottles, packaging and other waste — enter the ocean each year, killing marine life and entering the human food chain. Straws add up to about 2,000 tonnes due their their near weightlessness.
Here are 9 alternatives to single-use plastic straws. The no straw is my favourite alternative, however having a metal straw for a smoothie is useful.
These were from The Home, Made Happy at Etsy PEI spring market. Fantastic gift idea.
437 million to 8.3 billion plastic straws are on the entire world's coastlines. "Seabirds can ingest as much as 8 percent of their body weight in plastic, which for humans "is equivalent to the average woman having the weight of two babies in her stomach," says Hardesty of Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.
Nearly nine million tonnes of plastic — bottles, packaging and other waste — enter the ocean each year, killing marine life and entering the human food chain. Straws add up to about 2,000 tonnes due their their near weightlessness.
Here are 9 alternatives to single-use plastic straws. The no straw is my favourite alternative, however having a metal straw for a smoothie is useful.
These straws were from Moonsnail Soapworks
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