On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 11:48:23 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 12:05:10 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > They are doing this so Gary sees no more turtles suffering from them
> >
> > https://www.npr.org/2018/07/09/62722...plastic-straws
> > http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...709-story.html
> > Though plastic drinking straws have become one of the more high-profile
> > issues environmentally, they make up only about 4% of the plastic trash
> > by number of pieces, and far less by weight. Straws add up to about
> > 2,000 tons of the nearly 9 million tons of plastic waste that ends up in
> > waters around the globe each year.
>
> Gotta start somewhere. Straws are, in the main, unnecessary. Might
> as well eliminate them. People who need to sip their latte through
> a straw will just have to bring one with.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

When you are correct and right you ARE!!

Plastic straws are completely unnecessary! Except maybe medically.

John Kuthe...