COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Straw Wars: The Fight to Rid the Oceans of Discarded Plastic
Description: Of the eight million tons of plastic trash that flow every year into the world's oceans, the plastic drinking straw is surely not a top contributor to all that tonnage. Yet this small, slender tube, utterly unnecessary for most beverage consumption, is at the center of a growing environmental campaign aimed at convincing people to stop using straws to help save the oceans. [Source: National Geographic]
URL: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/plastic-straws-ocean-trash-environment/?google_editors_picks=true
Availability: Full Text
Source: National Geographic
Publish Date: 4/12/2017
Reading Level: Basic
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