In the U.S., we use 500 million straws a day — ‑more than 180 billion a year. That is enough straw waste to wrap the circumference of the earth 2.5 times or to fill Yankee Stadium over nine times in a year. Now imagine that magnified by global consumption.
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Thank you for this important message. Personally I've always hated straws.