On our last trip to the Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World
we were introduced to paper straws. Maybe reintroduced is a better word. When I
was very young, all the straws were made of paper. As we sipped milk through
paper straws at the Harambe Market, I was strongly reminded of snack time in
kindergarten. We asked and were told plastic straws could harm the animals in
the park and even be dangerous for the environment. Like most soft plastic,
straws can’t be recycled. They can take up to a thousand years to break down. Because
straws are lightweight and easily airborne, many never make it to the landfill.
They get together with their friends, clogging waterways, polluting beaches and
endangering wildlife. Americans go through 500 million single-use plastic straws
daily. Kudos to Disney for banning them – in the Animal Kingdom, at least.
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