How to Deal with Judgmental Friends and Family? Great article on website about Zero Waste:

https://www.goingzerowaste.com/blog/how-to-deal-with-judgmental-friends-and-family-zero-waste-edition

This is a quote from an article I read about banning plastic straws:

Yes, every little bit counts when it comes to pollution. But big bits count much, much more than little bits. And anyone truly worried about the proliferation of floating plastic garbage in the world’s oceans should go after the Asian fishing industry for its discarded nets first, before trying to shut down their local blender drinks industry.

Just one of the arguments against the plastic straw movement. Here is the article. Would love to hear thoughts on it.

http://www.macleans.ca/society/environment/why-a-ban-on-plastic-straws-sucks/

My husband saw this sign at the airport bar in Anchorage, Alaska. Would love to see this at more places!

Looking for a restaurant in Boston? Why not support one that joined the movement to skip the straw? Kudos to Eastern Standard Kitchen and Drinks in Kenmore Square for doing this and for this nice article that describes why they joined and what they are doing as alternatives.

https://www.necn.com/news/business/Boston-Restaurant-Joins-Movement-to-Skip-the-Straw-477977103.html

A friend gave me a link for a podcast on cutting out straws that was discussed on NPR the other day. Very exciting that this movement is in the news!

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2018/05/09/bpr-full-show-5-8-18

Looking forward to this collapsible reusable straw to come out. Only 9 days left in the Kickstarter project.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/908228738/finalstraw-the-worlds-first-collapsible-reusable-s

Interested in learning more about the plastic straw movement in the news? Here is a nice article:

https://www.wastedive.com/news/more-countries-cities-join-fight-against-plastic-straw-waste/522677/

Green Day was great! Met a lot of nice people who were interested in learning more about TLPS, about the movement to stop using plastic straws, and about plastic straw alternatives.

Nice article in the New York times about the plastic straw movement. Check it out!

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/travel/straw-bans-hotels-resorts.html

SumOfUs has started a petition to get McDonalds to stop using plastic straws. They use MILLIONS of plastic straws EVERY DAY! SumOfUs is so close to their goal of 500k signatures! You can use this link to sign:

https://actions.sumofus.org/a/mcdonalds-is-polluting-our-oceans?sp_ref=408789341.99.180883.f.595488.2&source=fb

Go Plastic Straw-free
Ask for “no straw” wherever straws are served.
Ask your local restaurants and bars to only serve straws upon request.
Start living like you love the ocean, yourself, and the planet. Make it official and sign up with the Plastic Pollution Coalition to take the ‘No Plastic Straw’ Pledge.
DO LESS…less consumption, less waste, less straws!

Click here to take the pledge:
http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/no-straw-please/

Here is another group working to end plastic straws. You can follow them on Facebook.