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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Las pajitas de un solo uso, también conocidas como pajitas desechables, están fabricadas en plástico y están pensadas para tirarse a la basura después de beber. Los materiales con los que se fabrican estas pajitas no son biodegradables, lo que significa que sus...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk A single-use straw, also known as a disposable straw, is made of plastic and is intended to be thrown away after one drink. The materials that make these straws are non-biodegradable, meaning that their waste is not broken down naturally and often leads...
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Soundbite Services In September alone, 2.3 million single-use plastic straws were permanently removed from Seattle according to Lonely Whale’s “Strawless in Seattle” campaign. (Pixabay)SEATTLE – To rid the world’s oceans of plastic pollution, environmental advocates are hoping Seattle’s move to ban plastic straws will send ripple effects across the...
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Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer EarthTalk Americans use 500 million plastic straws—or 1.6 per person on average—every day. Based on this, a typical American will use more than 38,000 plastic straws over the course of a lifetime. While drinking through a single-use plastic straw seems innocent enough, don’t fool...