Sustainability is key in having a safe environment, it is important to keep the environment clean and animals safe. To accomplish this we need to stop creating and using harmful product such as plastic straws to help keep the environmental strong. PLASTIC IS ONLY RECYCLED 9% IN THE GLOBAL MARKET PLASTIC STRAWS MAKE UP 99% SINCE 1975 PLASTIC POLITION RATE HAS GROWN 620% HELPING THE ANIMALS IN THE OCEAN Sea creatures can be harmed by plastic straws being stuck in their throats or injested USING ECO-FRIENDLY STRAWS Eco-friendly straws provide a great alternative for plastic straws because they are compostable They are now becoming more popular in restaurants and other institutions Compotible straws are liked more by the general public as they hold up better than paper straws do TRY REUSABLE STRAWS Reusable straws can easily be purchased in many retail stores Different options for reusable straws are: Metal Straws Bambo Straws Glass Straws Silicone Straws WHY PLASTIC STRAWS ARE THE WRONG CHOICE 64% of Canadians said they never reused plastic straws in 2019 80% 437 million to 8.3 billion plastic straws are on coastlines around the world 80% of plastic makes up ocean debris LET´S CREATE A BETTER WORLD Cited Sources Government of Canada, S. C. (2022, April 27). The last Straw. Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 26, 2023, from https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/826-last-straw Marine plastic pollution. IUCN. (2022, July 20). Retrieved March 26, 2023, from https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-brief/marine-plasticpollution#:~:text=Plastic%20debris%20is%20currently%20the,waters%20to%20deep%2Dsea%20 sediments. Fox, E. (2022, February 15). Plastic straws - why they suck & what you can do. Beyond Plastics Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution. Retrieved March 26, 2023, from https://www.beyondplastics.org/fact-sheets/plasticstraws#:~:text=In%20addition%2C%20many%20single%2Duse,re%20also%20bad%20for%20you. Plastic straw ban I facts & figures. Ourlaststraw Live. (n.d.). Retrieved March 26, 2023, from https://www.ourlaststraw.org/facts-figures