Alverta Alvarado

KCIA GREEN TEAM

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3.0

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill

Alverta's Actions

Water

Say No to Plastic Straws

An estimated 71% of seabirds and 30% of turtles have been found with plastics in their stomachs. When they ingest plastic, marine life has a 50% mortality rate. By asking for no straw when placing a drink order, I will keep 1 plastic straw(s) of out of the ocean each day.

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Water Say No to Plastic Straws

What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?

Alverta Alvarado 10/18/2018 11:13 AM

I feel good that I did not use plastic straws. I feel like the challenge was easy because I really do not use straws that often.

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