this is getting to be a problem
Of all the plastic products we use, plastic drinking straws are among the most unnecessary. Designed to be a one-use thing, their only real purpose is to keep your mouth from touching the glass or ice. of all the plastic straws, the UK uses the most straws in the world*.In the U.S. alone, people discard 500 million straws every day, or more than 180 billion a year**! of course, it takes a long time for a plastic straw to decompose, just like any other plastic thing***. in numbers, it takes 200 years for a plastic straw to decompose! if it’s in the ocean, it will decompose in 100-500 years! the plastic straw has been around for 139**** years, and it’s time to do something about it. According to the anti-straw group the Last Plastic Straw, 80 to 90 percent ***** of marine debris is plastic, and as much as 80 percent of that came from plastics discarded on land. Researchers estimate eight million tonnes****** of plastic garbage enter the oceans from land every year. Plastic straws are among the Top 10 litter items picked up during beach cleanups, with thousands picked up every year. Cigarette butts are the most numerous items picked up, with plastic bottles and caps, food wrappers and bags also in the top 10. lots of companies have joined for a “no-straw movement”, Building a Sustainable Future program. we should have a “Straws Suck” poster******* that encourages people to get rid of straws. In doing so, restaurants can save money as well as reduce environmental impacts. This is really a problem, and it’s growing fast, so we can do something before it gets too big********. if you don’t use plastic, it could mean a big change, luckily, some companies are working on this. Starbucks will replace the straw… for… I have no idea what they’ll replace it for. anyway, McDonald’s is going to do the same thing, and you have to ask for one. even then, they will use paper straws. Yay! Its estimated 1 million birds and 100,000 marine life are killed by plastic every year*********. and the fish? don’t get me started on them**********.So, in summary, here is why you should go plastic-free: these plastics have been around for a century, they don’t biodegrade, they’re impacting the environment, they’re difficult to recycle, one-use leach toxic chemicals into the ground and they can end up in oceans. And often, they’re burned, which puts toxins into the air.
*about 8.5 billion a year or 23287671 a day!
**approximately.
***it depends on what it is.
****again, approximately.
*****almost.
******around that…
*******if you make one, I will be the first one to buy it from you.
********by 2050, there are going to be more plastic than fish in the ocean!:(
*********that’s 2740 birds and 274 marine animals killed each day!
**********oh fine, here is the number:16000000000000000.happy?(no matter what you answered, I’m going to assume you said yes.)good.
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