STRAWS STRAWS STRAWS!!!

The picture below literally represents how I feel every time I see a plastic straw. In the US, approximately 500 MILLION plastic straws are disposed of every day. The type of plastic these straws are composed of cannot be recycled, so as a result, they end up in landfills and littered throughout our streets, in our oceans, rivers and everywhere in between. Furthermore, plastic degrades at an extremely slow pace, if at all. Here is one for you: every piece of plastic that has ever been created, still exists on the planet today. That means that every toothbrush, you, your parents, your grandparents and everyone you know, has ever used, is still here! Let that sink in. Stop for a moment and think about all the items you use day to day that contain or are made of plastic. Your cellphone, your toothbrush, your hairbrush, your razor, your sunglasses and so on.. We cannot escape the plastic and it is only getting worse. However, we can make moves to change it. But we have to start taking action immediately, and collectively. We also need to begin holding corporations accountable that are producing all these single-use plastic products. Yes, we need to #ChoseToRefuse and take part in #PlasticFreeJuly, (and hopefully a #PlasticFreeLife), but we need to call out corporations that are unreservedly destroying our planet by producing massive amounts of single-use plastic and products. Plastics are piling up in the oceans and being found inside fish and other sea life. You have almost certainly eaten fish, (if you eat fish), that contain plastic. You have eaten plastic.

More and more municipalities are banning straws, but we can do our part to help by refusing straws, plastic bags and other disposable plastic products. Don't forget, bring your metal, glass or bamboo straw(s) with you when you go out! Also a filled reusable water bottle, especially in this east coast summer heat! And don't forget your takeout containers and reusable bags when eating out and shopping!