On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 18:43:35 -0700 (PDT), "
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>On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 11:05:10 AM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
>>
>I don't partake of anything Starbucks offers but I appreciate a straw with
>whatever fountain drink I get at whatever establishment.

I believe they can make balloons of vegetables (vegetable waste) these
days. Why not straws and plastic bags as well? Totally degradable.
Edible even.