Currents
February 2019
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in an $80 fine. There are exemp-
tions built in for drive-thru, hospi-
tals, grocery and convenience
stores.
Statistics
The US uses 500 million
straws daily, and enough to wrap
around the earth 2.5 times, each
year; and are in the top five items
collected in annual beach
cleanups and vast majority of the
straws cannot be recycled. It will
break down to smaller pieces but
does not go away. The break-
down leads to many marine ani-
mal issues, with 90% of seabirds
and 30% of turtles having plastics
in their stomachs.
Other cities and states include
– New York City, Hawaii, Califor-
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