What is wrong with plastic straw? Can we drink without it?

can we drink without plastic straw?

did we ever realise the environmental impact of plastic straw?

Plastic straws are almost always used only once before being disposed of. Plastic straws are single-use, lightweight, and made from Polypropylene, a material which isn’t easily recycled and degrades slowly. As a result, the negative environmental impact of plastic straws is disproportionate compared to volume. I want to encourage people to take actions preventing further harm on the environment from single-use plastics. You can take a small step every time you enjoy a meal out.

Every year we go through a stagger 25.3 billion plastic straws in Europe. In the US it is said that we use 500 million plastic straws a day

Where does all this plastic go?

What is the effect of plastic straw to the ocean?

it’s pretty hard for many species of marine life to swallow a straw. It does, however, happen sometimes especially with the small straws on cardboard drinks containers. Larger plastics tend to disproportionately affect Sea Turtles and Seabirds. Because these animals do in fact mistake these items for food.

Turtles, seabirds and fish who have consumed plastic can die of starvation. These undeserving creatures think that their stomachs are full and fail, through no fault of their own. to eat the food they actually need. Aside from killing these creatures with our plastic mess, we’re polluting a vital part of our own food chain.

What we can do for our environment?

• say no to straw to reduce the impact
• replace plastic straw with metal straw or carbon straw

There many other ways to save our ocean. a small step will give a better impact.

Let's save our environment!

for further reading:

• https://www.statista.com/chart/13984/eu-consumption-of-single-use-plastic-drinking-straws/
• https://www.trvst.world/action/non-plastic-straws/#volume