Back on 3rd January I wrote about Drinking Straw Day and then I said it might be better if we celebrated Skip the Straw Day instead because this day draws attention to the fact that straws form a very large part of the plastic pollution on both land and in the sea in this world. This day originated in the US.
The Coral Keepers, a group of teenage activists, established National Skip the Straw Day on the fourth Friday of every February in 2017. In the midst of frequent and intense discussions about the state of the planet and the potentially fatal effects of plastic waste on marine life in the world’s largest oceans, these high school students from Whitehall, Michigan established the day to educate others about the numerous biodegradable alternatives to these small but potent cylindrical sippers.
Despite straws being one of the first single-use plastic items to get targeted seriously by plastic reduction campaigns in the past decade, they continue to show up on beaches and in waterways around the world. It is getting more common for cafes and restaurants to offer alternatives to plastic straws or to suggest you go without, but there is still more to do.
You could use a poster in a lesson to start a discussion with students. See these:
From Plastic Pollution Coalition
From Wildlife Conservation Society.
From Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund
From Ocean Conservancy
Then revisit books such as these:
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