An estimated 500 million single-use plastic straws are used and thrown away every day in the U.S. alone. And most of those wind up in in our landfills, oceans and beaches.        

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    A new report has been launched by CleanHub to highlight the devastating amount of ocean plastic pollution in 2024, and the impact it’s having on marine life and the environment.
    04/18/2024 - 12:29 am | View Link
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    04/8/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
  • Woolworths looks to cut plastic ‘barrier bags’
    The retailer’s promise to severely cut the use of single-use plastics has already seen it remove all plastic straws, plastic cutlery, plastic cotton bud sticks, plastic lollipop sticks, microbeads, ...
    04/8/2024 - 12:36 am | View Link
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