Plastic straws — dropped into drive-thru bags by servers, grabbed from buckets, or plucked from dispensers — are polluting the planet at a staggering rate. We should be concerned. A shocking 500 million plastic straws are used each day in the United States alone, most of which end up in landfills (due to their inability to be recycled) and in our waterways.
Once straws make it into bodies of water, they can end up terrorizing marine animals that mistake them for food and choke on them or get them caught in their guts. In 2015 a video went viral of a sea turtle struggling to breathe with a plastic straw stuck in its nasal cavity. This should not be our reality.
Stand up for the environment and demand that we put a ban on plastic straws at the University of Maryland.
Update #36 years ago
1,000 SIGNATURES. We reached our goal of 1,000 signatures and we cannot wait to show administration the overwhelming support. Thank you everyone!
Update #26 years ago
I am so proud of each and every one of you for standing up for those who don't have a voice! We are currently at 503 supporters, over 50% of our goal! Keep up the good work and keep the passion.
Update #16 years ago
Passionate people who care about the environment, we are ONE signer away from 200! Share, share, share this petition for the love, love, love of sea life and your future.
