On 7/9/2018 9:43 PM, wrote:
> On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 11:05:10 AM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

>> https://www.npr.org/2018/07/09/62722...plastic-straws
>> http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...709-story.html
>> Though plastic drinking straws have become one of the more high-profile
>> issues environmentally, they make up only about 4% of the plastic trash
>> by number of pieces, and far less by weight. Straws add up to about
>> 2,000 tons of the nearly 9 million tons of plastic waste that ends up in
>> waters around the globe each year.
>>
>>
> I don't partake of anything Starbucks offers but I appreciate a straw with
> whatever fountain drink I get at whatever establishment.

I had lunch at some chain restaurant the other day and was surprised
to find my straw was not plastic but heavy paper. Worked just fine.

nancy