It started so innocently. A kid ordered a soda in a restaurant.“It came with a plastic straw in it,” Milo Cress recalled. He glared at the straw for a while. “It seemed like such a waste.”Not only did Cress yank the plastic from his drink, but he also launched a campaign, “Be Straw Free,” targeting all straws as needless pollution.
Campaign Against Pollution Vows To Work Until Last Straw
Darryl Fears, the Washington Post
WP Bloomberg, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Sat, 06/24/2017 - 6:15pm
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