The revolutionary Net Zero Straw
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Why Straws Seriously Suck
As we go about our day, most of us don’t think about the impact of that straw we used for our morning cold brew, lunch time’s smoothie, or evening refreshment. The problem is, those small straws add up – in the USA alone, 390 million plastic straws are used each day. That’s enough straws to circle around Earth over 2 times. Like other single use plastics, they never biodegrade and take centuries to break down. Plastic straws are ending up in our oceans by the thousands.
Pollution in Full Effect
Whenever there is an ocean coastline cleanup, plastic straws never fail to make it on the most found ocean litter list. 2018 data from Ocean Conservancy’s TIDES systems shows that straws are the 11th most found ocean trash in cleanups. It’s not hard to see why – scuba diver Kasey Turner went snorkeling recently at a popular dive site in Manly, Australia. Within a 20 minute snorkel, she found 319 straws. 24 hours later, she went back and found another 294 in the same place.
The Last Straw
All these straws and plastics polluting our oceans have a negative impact on marine life. Plastic straws are particularly dangerous to animals because they break down into small pieces that can be ingested. Over 100 million marine animals are killed every year and 700 marine species are threatened due to plastic pollution. It is in our position to make daily changes through our actions to preserve the environment and coexisting life, and to give hope for future generations.
How ocean pollution affects marine life
Seabirds
90% of all seabirds have eaten plastic today—a number that has skyrocketed from 5% in 1960, and expected to rise to 99% by 2050. Straws are especially harmful, as they can be easily picked up and swallowed, which can suffocate and choke the bird, or build up storage in their stomachs which causes them to starve. Sadly, over 1 million seabirds die each year from ingesting plastic.
Fish
The unfortunate tales continue with fish, which take in microscopic plastic debris through its gills. A recent study found suggested that this form of plastic ingestion may take up to six times as long for the animal to rid themselves compared to oral ingestion. Plastic microfibers, which leech harmful toxins like BPA, make their way up through the food chain affecting other species, and our dinner plates.
Sea Turtles
We’ve all seen that heart wrenching video, where researchers off the coast of Costa Rica remove a plastic straw embedded in the nostril of an olive ridley sea turtle, an endangered species. It is likely that the sea turtle accidentally swallowed the straw, then got it stuck up its nostril while trying to cough it out. Seeing the devastating outcomes on animals and the environment from our own action acts as a catalyst for change.