BLOG — Stainless Steel Drinking Straw

  The last time you ordered a drink at a coffee shop, cafe or restaurant, did it come with a plastic straw? Just a few years ago, you automatically received a straw with any cold take-out drink like your favorite iced coffee or tea and probably didn’t think twice about it. According to the Trash Free Seas Alliance, the average American uses 1.6 straws a day. In the United States alone, that’s enough to circle the equator two and a half times. An estimated 7.5 percent of plastic in the environment comes from straws and stirrers. Single-use plastic items such...