Few people realize that straws are among the top 10 items found during beach clean ups and can do so much harm to seabirds, turtles and other marine creatures.
Are straws really hurting turtles?
Plastic straws break down into smaller pieces, called microplastics, and get trapped in these sheltering seaweed mats. ... Young turtles get tangled and trapped in the seaweed when it's littered with microplastics, and they're unable to surface for air, leading to them eventual suffocation.Aug 19, 2020
How many turtles die each year from plastic?
1,000 turtles
How many animals do straws Kill a year?
According to The Odyssey, more than 1 million seabirds die every year after choking on a plastic straw that they mistook for food.Aug 14, 2019