Plastic bags ban update & Say NO to Straws

We Just created a green co-op to bring green alternatives and work together with the KB Chamber of Commerce & Kb Foundation to put the "plastic bags ban" in action! The last two days I did clean ups in KB beach, and found a huge amount of plastic straws, mostly in front of Condos and Ritz Carlton Hotel. I would like to talk a little about Plastic Straws and their impact in our oceans and suggest that KB do the same as Miami Beach that banned plastic straws from the beach in 2012. Why are straws so damaging to the marine environment? Disposable straws are usually made from plastic and plastic never breaks down. As time goes by plastic will separate into smaller and smaller pieces, but never completely biodegrades. Plastic is quickly transforming our oceans into plastic soup, with an estimated In USA alone, 500 million straws are used every single day. We use straws for around twenty minutes before we toss them away, which is an astonishingly quick lifespan for an item that will be on the planet forever. Straws also contain BPA, and can't be recycled. It can be hard to see how using one measly plastic straw is going to cause huge amounts of damage to the environment, but let me put in to context for you. Recently a team of scientists in Costa Rica came across an endangered species of sea turtle with what they thought was a parasitic worm blocking its airway. They realised it was actually a plastic straw. Hours from veterinary help, the scientists successfully dislodged the straw themselves and released the turtle back into the ocean. You can make the difference- Say no to straws!! Educating your friends and family about how silly straws truly are will help motivate them to make the switch to straw-free. I'll admit it; I've used the line "that straw could end up in a turtles nose!" more times than I can count. Saying no to straws seems like such a simple action, and it is. But actions like these really do make an enormous difference to our environment. Just ask that Costa Rican sea turtle. Let's get together and Ban Plastic straws from our beautiful beach! This pictures were taken today. I had to stop after 90 minutes once I couldn't carry any more straws in one hand and a big heavy bag full of plastic in all shapes and sizes in the other. Pls Help!