Cleveland State University Dining Will 'Skip the Straw' to Reduce Plastic Waste
November 19, 2018
November 19, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 19 -- Cleveland State University issued the following news release:
Cleveland State University has launched an initiative to scale back the use of plastic straws on campus.
It is estimated that millions of plastic straws currently pollute the waters of the Great Lakes, harming wildlife and littering beaches. Every year volunteers clean up hundreds of thousands of plastic straws and stirrers from the rivers and beaches along the Lake Erie coast.
Cleveland State University has launched an initiative to scale back the use of plastic straws on campus.
It is estimated that millions of plastic straws currently pollute the waters of the Great Lakes, harming wildlife and littering beaches. Every year volunteers clean up hundreds of thousands of plastic straws and stirrers from the rivers and beaches along the Lake Erie coast.