Plastic straws suck! Made popular in the 1960’s as a novelty item, the plastic straw has become an integral part of our day to day lives with people expecting a plastic straws with every single drink.

In the United States alone, over one hundred and eighty-two billion, five hundred million single-use plastic straws are used and discarded every year with most landing up in our oceans and landfills, never to be used for their original purpose again.