{"id":3844,"date":"2020-12-28T17:19:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T17:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/?page_id=3844"},"modified":"2022-11-22T19:30:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T19:30:58","slug":"be-straw-free","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/eco-living\/refuse-and-reduce\/be-straw-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Straw Free"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n        #myVideo_mp4{\n        position: absolute; z-index: -99; width: 100%; height: 100%;top:0;left:0;\n    }\n    banner-image-1 iframe,\n    banner-1 iframe{\n        width: 100%;\n        height: 100%;\n    }\n    .banner-1.full-block .mob-banner-sect.high-content-arrow {\n\t\tpadding:64% 0 0 0 !important;\n\t}\n    .banner-1.full-block .mob-banner-sect.high-content-arrow .banner-txt-1 {\n\t\ttop: 10%;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"banner-1 full-block large-banner child-page  \">\n        <div class=\"mob-banner-sect lazyload\" style=\"background-image:inherit;background-repeat: no-repeat;\n    background-size: cover;height:auto;padding:56.25% 0 0 0;\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/f-CHILD-HEADERS-Be-Straw-Free.png)\">\n            <div class=\"banner-txt-1\">\n                                                                                <h1>Be Straw Free<\/h1>\n                                <h3>Eco-Cycle is proud to host the site for the Be Straw Free campaign, started by Milo Cress at age nine.<\/h3>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <div class=\"banner-image-1 banner-image-mobile lazyload\" style=\"background-image:inherit;\"\n              data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/f-CHILD-HEADERS-Be-Straw-Free.png)\">\n\n                     \n        \n<script>\n  \/\/ 2. 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The API will call this function when the video player is ready.\n  function onPlayerReady(event) {\n     event.target.mute();\n    event.target.playVideo();\n  }\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n        <div class=\"banner-txt-1\">\n                                                             <h1>Be Straw Free<\/h1>\n                        <h3>Eco-Cycle is proud to host the site for the Be Straw Free campaign, started by Milo Cress at age nine.<\/h3>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"banner-image-1 banner-image-desktop lazyload\"  style=\"background-image:inherit;\"\n              data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/f-CHILD-HEADERS-Be-Straw-Free.png)\">\n                <div class=\"banner-txt-1\">\n                                                            <h1>Be Straw Free<\/h1>\n                        <h3>Eco-Cycle is proud to host the site for the Be Straw Free campaign, started by Milo Cress at age nine.<\/h3>\n                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"sidebar-text-block-sec\" style=\"margin-top:20px; margin-bottom:0px;\n     padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px;\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-sm-3 sidebar-left \">\n                <aside id=\"secondary\" class=\"widget-area\">\n                                        <div class= \"sidebar_menu_ar\" style=\"\"> \n                                                                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/eco-living\/refuse-and-reduce\/\">Refuse &#038; Reduce<\/a><\/h2>\n                           \n                            <div class=\"menu-about-zero-waste-container aaa\">\n                                <ul id=\"menu-about-zero-waste sss\" class=\"menu\">\n                                    \n                                                                        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/eco-living\/refuse-and-reduce\/why-refuse-and-reduce\/\">Why Reduce?<\/a><\/li>\n                                   \n                                                <li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/eco-living\/refuse-and-reduce\/zero-waste-at-home\/\">Reducing Waste Starts at Home<\/a><\/li>\n                                   \n                                                <li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/eco-living\/refuse-and-reduce\/stop-junk-mail\/\">How to Stop Junk Mail<\/a><\/li>\n                                   \n                                                <li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/eco-living\/refuse-and-reduce\/how-to-reduce-plastic\/\">Reduce Your Plastic Use<\/a><\/li>\n                                   \n                                                <li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/eco-living\/refuse-and-reduce\/reduce-food-waste\/\">How to Reduce Food Waste<\/a><\/li>\n                                   \n                                               \n                                <\/ul>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>            \n                <\/aside>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-sm-9  arrow-bullet-list-blue \">\n                <section class=\"section-sidbar-block-pd   sidebar-page-main-column  inner-first  inner-page shift alternating-img-block\">\n                    <h2>Help Curb Global Plastic Pollution: Just Say &ldquo;No&rdquo; to Straws<\/h2>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13685 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/milo_mayor-hancock-222x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"400\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/milo_mayor-hancock-222x300.png 222w, https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/milo_mayor-hancock.png 358w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 296px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 296\/400;\" \/>Did you know that each day the US uses an estimated 500 million straws&mdash;enough disposable straws to fill over 46,400 large school buses per year?<br \/><br \/><\/h4>\n<p>In February of 2011, Milo Cress (then nine years old) founded the Be Straw Free Campaign project to work together with members of the straw industry, restaurants and other businesses, schools, environmental groups, and concerned citizens to reduce the use and waste of disposable plastic straws.<\/p>\n<p>Join Milo and Eco-Cycle in enjoying drinks straw-less&mdash;<a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.salsalabs.org\/be-straw-free\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take the pledge to Be Straw Free!<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><br \/>Ways to Take Action<\/h2>\n<p>Do your part to reduce waste by taking the pledge to <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be Straw Free<\/span> or adopting an &ldquo;Offer First&rdquo; policy at your restaurant or business. Then follow Milo&#8217;s lead and get the whole community involved: One person can make a difference for our environment!<\/p> \n\n                <\/section>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>    \n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66%\"><style>\n.accordion-content mark{\n    background-color: transparent;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"accordion\" id=\"be-straw-free\">\n    <div class=\"panel\">\n        <div class=\"card-header\">\n            <h5 data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#be-straw-free-2\" data-parent=\"#be-straw-free\" class=\"collapsed\">\n                <button>As a Consumer<\/button>\n            <\/h5>\n        <\/div>\n        <div id=\"be-straw-free-2\" class=\"card-body collapse\">\n                                    <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n                <p><strong>Take the Pledge to Be Straw Free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Commit to asking for your drinks \u201cstraw-less\u201d when eating out or on the go. Keep reusable straws at home to offer house guests who prefer or need to use a straw. <a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.salsalabs.org\/be-straw-free\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Take the pledge and Be Straw Free!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Each One, Reach One Approach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is one simple way we can all work together to reduce the use of disposable straws in our communities:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Each person invites (at least) one restaurant to consider offering straws to customers instead of serving a straw with each drink automatically. <\/strong>That\u2019s it\u2014very simple, very easy, and very effective!<\/p>\n<p>We have heard from some restaurant owners that they are concerned about changing the way they provide service because they are not sure these changes will be welcomed by their patrons, and they say they are much more likely to implement changes if they hear from customers that it\u2019s important to them that restaurants use fewer disposable straws. So, let\u2019s tell them!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Ask<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s tell restaurant owners and managers that we prefer to be offered a straw instead of being served a drink with a straw already in it! Don\u2019t know how to bring it up? Here is a suggestion of how to do this in three simple steps:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Order your drinks with \u201cno straw, please.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2) <strong>While you are eating at the restaurant, notice how drinks are being served to tables around you. <\/strong>Are they being served with straws already in them? Or are straws being offered when drinks are brought to the table?<\/p>\n<p><strong>3a) If you notice that drinks are being served with straws already in them, you can ask to speak to the owner\/manager.<\/strong> You can say something along the lines of: \u201cHi, I noticed that each drink comes with a straw already in it. I\u2019m wondering if you would consider having your servers bring the drinks to the table and then offer the customer a straw?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>3b) If you see that the restaurant is already giving patrons the option of choosing whether or not to use a straw, that\u2019s great! <\/strong>You can still ask to speak to the owner\/manager and say something like: \u201cHi, I noticed that your servers bring the drinks to the table, then offer straws to the customers. That\u2019s great! Thank you for providing customers an option first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Each restaurant that participates is another restaurant saving thousands of throw-away straws per year, so reaching even ONE restaurant is a way of helping cut back on thousands of straws per year\u2014good job!<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"panel\">\n        <div class=\"card-header\">\n            <h5 data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#be-straw-free-3\" data-parent=\"#be-straw-free\" class=\"collapsed\">\n                <button>As a Business or Restaurant<\/button>\n            <\/h5>\n        <\/div>\n        <div id=\"be-straw-free-3\" class=\"card-body collapse\">\n                                    <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n                <p>Adopt an Offer First policy, a best practice of the National Restaurant Association, by asking customers if they would like a straw with their drink, rather than providing one by default.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Share your story with other businesses:<\/strong> Take the Be Straw Free campaign to your local business chamber, restaurant association, trade magazine, or to your neighborhood shops, and create a Straw-Free Zone in your community.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"panel\">\n        <div class=\"card-header\">\n            <h5 data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#be-straw-free-4\" data-parent=\"#be-straw-free\" class=\"collapsed\">\n                <button>As a Community<\/button>\n            <\/h5>\n        <\/div>\n        <div id=\"be-straw-free-4\" class=\"card-body collapse\">\n                                    <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n                <p>Proclaim your community straw-free by adopting an Offer First policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Be-Straw-Free_Burlington-Proclamation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See the Be Straw Free proclamation from Burlington, Vermont\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Be-Straw-Free_CO-Proclamation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the proclamation<\/a> from Colorado\u2019s governor to declare a statewide Straw Free Day<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get to Know the Founder of Be Straw Free<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>\n.accordion-content mark{\n    background-color: transparent;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"accordion\" id=\"meet-milo\">\n    <div class=\"panel\">\n        <div class=\"card-header\">\n            <h5 data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#meet-milo-2\" data-parent=\"#meet-milo\" class=\"collapsed\">\n                <button>Read Milo&#8217;s Story<\/button>\n            <\/h5>\n        <\/div>\n        <div id=\"meet-milo-2\" class=\"card-body collapse\">\n                                        <div class=\"accordion-image lazyload\" style=\"background-image:inherit\" data-bg-image=\"url(&#039;https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Accordion-Thumbnail-images.png&#039;)\"><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n                <p>Milo Cress, who was nine when he started this project in February 2011, is the founder, codirector, and primary spokesperson of the Be Straw Free project. He has pursued his interests in the environment and conservation from a very young age.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At age eight, Milo noticed that whenever he ordered a drink in a restaurant, it would come with a straw in it. This seemed like a huge waste because he did not usually need a straw. He wondered how many straws were used in the US every day, and when he could not find any information on that, he decided to research it himself. He contacted US straw manufacturers whose estimates he collected indicated that, between all the straws handed out at restaurants, hospitals, nursing homes, convenience stores, schools, workplace cafeterias, on the sides of juice and milk boxes, etc., the US uses about 500 million straws per day. Straws are small, but this adds up to a lot of unnecessary plastic waste!<\/p>\n<p>This is when he decided to launch his project, Be Straw Free, to reduce our use of plastic straws. He encourages restaurants to offer straws instead of serving one with every drink automatically, and urges consumers to order their drinks without a straw whenever they don\u2019t want or need to use one. His project gained press attention and quickly became a forerunner in the global discussion about reducing plastic waste. He has been invited to speak at conferences, organizations, and schools, and has met political and community leaders across the US and around the world. At nine years old, he even testified before the Vermont House Legislature regarding his project and his work reducing plastic waste.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Milo still runs Be Straw Free in addition to his other interests, and is currently pursuing his passions for computer programming and mathematics. Milo develops machine learning algorithms and advocates for the responsible implementation of artificial intelligence technologies. <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"sidebar-text-block-sec\" style=\"margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:10px;\n     padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px;\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-sm-3 sidebar-left \">\n                <aside id=\"secondary\" class=\"widget-area\">\n                                        <div class= \"sidebar_menu_ar\" style=\"display:none !important\"> \n                                                                        <h2><a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/eco-living\/refuse-and-reduce\/\">Refuse &#038; Reduce<\/a><\/h2>\n                           \n                            <div class=\"menu-about-zero-waste-container aaa\">\n                                <ul id=\"menu-about-zero-waste sss\" class=\"menu\">\n                                    \n                                                                        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/eco-living\/refuse-and-reduce\/why-refuse-and-reduce\/\">Why Reduce?<\/a><\/li>\n                                   \n                                                <li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/eco-living\/refuse-and-reduce\/zero-waste-at-home\/\">Reducing Waste Starts at Home<\/a><\/li>\n                                   \n                                                <li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/eco-living\/refuse-and-reduce\/stop-junk-mail\/\">How to Stop Junk Mail<\/a><\/li>\n                                   \n                                                <li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/eco-living\/refuse-and-reduce\/how-to-reduce-plastic\/\">Reduce Your Plastic Use<\/a><\/li>\n                                   \n                                                <li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/eco-living\/refuse-and-reduce\/reduce-food-waste\/\">How to Reduce Food Waste<\/a><\/li>\n                                   \n                                               \n                                <\/ul>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>            \n                <\/aside>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-sm-9  arrow-bullet-list-blue \">\n                <section class=\"section-sidbar-block-pd   sidebar-page-main-column  inner-first  inner-page shift alternating-img-block\">\n                    <h2>Be Straw Free FAQs<\/h2>\n<p>Milo&#8217;s responses to common questions.<\/p>\n<h4>You say 500 million straws are used in the US every day, but I can&rsquo;t picture that&mdash;what would 500 million straws look like?<\/h4>\n<p>Five hundred million straws would fill over 127 school buses per day in the US, or more than 46,400 school buses every year! Each 40-foot-long school bus has a cab capacity of about 35&#8242; x 6.5&#8242; x 7.5&#8242;, and a disposable straw is, on average, 0.75 cubic inches, so it would take more than 46,400 individual, 40-foot-long school buses to carry the straws used in the US every year!<\/p>\n<p>Five hundred million straws per day is an average of 1.6 straws per person (in the US) per day. Based on this national average, each person in the US will use approximately 38,000 or more straws between the ages of 5 and 65. So the sooner we can begin to use fewer straws, the better&mdash;it is never too soon (or too late!) to start!<\/p>\n<p>Data notes: The number of disposable straws distributed for use in the US are based on estimates provided by straw manufacturers Milo talked to in researching this project. Some environmental groups we talked to told us they believe this estimate to be low.<\/p>\n<h4>I like using a straw and some people I know need to use one. What options are there besides single-use disposable plastic straws?<\/h4>\n<p>There are many options to choose from including reusable plastic straws, stainless steel straws, glass straws, and even bamboo straws.<\/p>\n<h4>What about using compostable straws?<\/h4>\n<p>Compostable straws are a single-use, disposable product and still less preferable than opting to go straw-less or switching to a reusable straw.<\/p>\n<p>If you need to use compostable straws, they will likely need to be composted in a commercial composting facility&mdash;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.findacomposter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-gc-link=\"http:\/\/www.findacomposter.com\/\">find a facility near you.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buying compostable straws and then disposing of them in a landfill is not a solution to our unsustainable system of consumption and disposal.<\/p>\n<p>Neither plastic nor paper straws are accepted by most recycling facilities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>I have heard that some compostable straws are not really compostable. Is this true?<\/h4>\n<p>Unfortunately, it is true that some products that are sold as &ldquo;biodegradable,&rdquo; including straws, do not actually break down into compost. Eco-Cycle strongly recommends only choosing compostable products that <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bpiworld.org\/Find-Certified-Products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BPI certified<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/compostmanufacturingalliance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMA certified<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What about jobs being lost when fewer straws are produced?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like everyone else, I (Milo) am also concerned about the economy. I encourage straw manufacturers to switch to or include reusable straws in their production, and to switch away from making single-use disposable products. Companies need to keep up with the times, and the time has come to stop producing so much waste, especially in the form of single-use disposable plastic items.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Learn More<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bpiworld.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-gc-link=\"http:\/\/www.bpiworld.org\/\">Biodegradable Products Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/compostmanufacturingalliance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Compost Manufacturing Alliance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/conserve.restaurant.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-gc-link=\"http:\/\/conserve.restaurant.org\/\">National Restaurant Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.compostingcouncil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-gc-link=\"http:\/\/www.compostingcouncil.org\/\">US Composting Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/simplystraws.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-gc-link=\"http:\/\/simplystraws.com\/\">Simply Straws:<\/a> glass straws<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/strawwars.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-gc-link=\"http:\/\/strawwars.org\/\">Straw Wars:<\/a> London-based straw-free campaign<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/myplasticfreelife.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-gc-link=\"http:\/\/myplasticfreelife.com\/\">My Plastic Free Life Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Contact Us<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Milo currently has very limited opportunities to attend conferences and other speaking events. 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