Nicole Nash’s campaign urges tour operators and coastal resorts to ban straws completely in an effort to reduce plastic pollution. A young marine biologist from Queensland, Australia, is working hard to make plastic straws extinct on the Great Barrier Reef. Nicole Nash recently launched a campaign called The Last Straw on the Great Barrier Reef to get […]

Straws No More THE PROBLEM Australians use about 10 million straws every day, or 3.5 billion a year. Most are used just once – for around 15-30 minutes, after which they are thrown away! Plastic Straws are the 12th most common item reported by Clean Up volunteers. They represent 7.5% of all reported plastics – with 7,304 […]

NOVEMBER 16, 2021 Thanks to incredible momentum inspired by ocean lovers, six out of eight Australian states and territories have committed to ban single-use plastics. Yet with each jurisdiction committing to ban different plastics, you might be wondering which state is leading the race to ban single-use plastics in Australia. See which plastics each state has […]

The Last Straw on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is the Official Campaign © eradicating single-use plastic straws in venues operating on and around the GBR. Launching in 2016, by Marine Biologist Nicole Nash, the movement has seen 377 venues register, resulting in over 4.5million less plastic straws used per year. The data that the […]

Single-use straws, cutlery, plates, drink-stirrers, expanded polystyrene food and drink containers, and cotton bud sticks will be banned from sale or supply in Victoria by February 2023. This ban will reduce plastic pollution. Single-use plastics: Make up a third of the litter we see on our streets and in our waterways – they are costly to clean […]

HÀ NỘI — Imagine waking up in a house made of bamboo, washing your hair with dry fruit, bathing in leaves and brushing your teeth with natural toothpaste made from salted lemon and betel leaves. That’s a way of life that costs almost nothing and Lê Xuân Hà, a 28-year-old nature lover from the central […]

If you’ve ever bought a drink on the street or at a refreshment bar, you’ve probably been served with a plastic straw. Many people say that drinking water without a straw feels lacking even though it is completely possible to drink without a straw. The convenient, cheap and durable plastic straw has become popular since […]

Although paper straws are less convenient than plastic straws, they decompose quickly in the environment, contributing to reducing the burden of plastic waste. To limit single-use plastic items, which are causing serious environmental impacts, many “green” alternatives have been born. For businesses, especially in the FMCG and dairy industries, paper straws are an optimal choice […]

The Global Eco-friendly Straw Market size was estimated at USD 266.95 Million in 2020 and expected to reach USD 298.74 Million in 2021, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) 12.24% to reach USD 533.96 Million by 2026. Competitive Strategic Window: The Competitive Strategic Window analyses the competitive landscape in terms of markets, applications, and […]