Travel Resorts Continue to Ban Plastic Straws

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It’s a major trend that is rapidly spreading like wildfire - the ban of the plastic straw. More and more resorts, restaurants, venues, hospitals, medical clinics, and hotels are trading out plastic straws for paper straws in order to slash the amount of waste that is littering & endangering the world and the natural wildlife that resides in it.

Why Paper Straws & Not Plastic

Plastic straws are not biodegradable straws and they cannot be recycled either. They stick to whatever environment they end up at, including: ocean sides, beaches, forests, country sides and more. Many times animals think that the plastic straws are food and they consume them as so. Sometimes, animals get entangled in microplastics that build up over time such as the turtle that started the plastic straw controversy with one stuck in its nose. Marine animals are the most prominent victims and often get them stuck in their mouths, noses, and digestive systems. To know more about decorative straws, browse this site.

Plastic Straws Becoming Extinct For Travelers

As the United States has continued to pass bans on plastic drinking straws and to go “green” - so are other countries such as Belize, Europe, & even Taiwan. Some locations are putting a single use law down and others are down right out banning them all-together. However, a country does not have to pass a law in order to make the swap. They can choose to have their own jurisdiction as to whether a consumer or guest uses plastic or biodegradable straws at their establishment.

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paper strawsIn this case, five star resorts such as Sandals, Marriott, Four Seasons & Taj Hotels, Palaces & Resorts. In addition, travelers using cruise lines such as Carnival, Coral Expeditions, Peregrine Adventures, & Hurtigruten to travel the world’s beautiful oceans and ports can also expect to use decorative paper straws while enjoying cruises.

The Statistics Speak Volumes

Where it may not seem like a few places and or a few resorts, restaurants, states, establishments, or countries can make a vast difference when it comes to saving the environment and the world’s creatures from great harm, the statistics alone prove that reducing only a few tons of plastic straws from being exposed to marine life and other factors can genuinely help spare hundreds and thousands of lives of marine animals.

Bottom Line: Plastic Straws Are Becoming Obsolete

With the drinking straws from plastic to paper movement, all of these efforts and these places are also taking matters into their own hands are massively reducing the negative impact that using plastic straws can have on the environment. Just a single cruise-line or a resort can help reduce the amount of plastic waste that poses significant threat to nature, marine life, and animals.