A drinking straw is defined as a short tube intended for transferring a beverage from its container to the mouth of the drinker. The first known straws were made by the Sumerians and the oldest drinking straw in existence is a gold tube inlaid with the precious stone lapis lazuli that was found in a
The recent findings from a six year international plastic pollution research study revealed that the minimum number of plastic particles currently floating on the oceans is 5.25 trillion. Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea explains all that plastic pollution adds up to