OPERATION BAN THE STRAW 

Help make Rockingham the first STRAW Free City in Western Australia.

Clean Up Australia state Australians use about 10 million straws every day, or 3.5 billion a year.Most are used just once - for around 15-30 minutes, after which they are thrown away!

Plastic Straws are the 12th most common item reported by Clean Up volunteers.

They represent 7.5% of all reported plastics - with 7,304 reported from rubbish recorded last Clean Up Day. That figure has doubled over the last two years.

And they are everywhere - in our parks, picnic grounds, along streets, in and on our beaches.

CHANGE STARTS WITH YOU

Here are 7 things you can do starting today:

1.  You can choose NOT to take a straw
2. Sign this Petition & Share it with family/friends 
3. Educate your local schools & community groups- get them to commit to OPERATION ‘BAN THE STRAW’
4.  Some people genuinely want or need a single use straw. If that's you, you can choose to replace plastic with paper
5.   If you are a regular straw user because you need a straw then look for a reusable option that works for you
6. If you do take a straw please bin it
7. Educate your children to help our Environment 

    And if you are a retailer, cafe owner, club or bar replace plastic with paper and try putting the straws behind the counter, encouraging people to ask you for a straw - you will be amazed by how few do so.

- Please be the start of CHANGE in our Community and help Rockingham become the leaders in Banning Plastic and other single use Items. 

 

Check out more information and  Communities making a difference: 

 

https://www.facebook.com/baldivis4business/

https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/no-straw-please

  https://operationstraw.org/