An arena where the Brooklyn Nets and New York Islanders play is the latest place making plastic straws a thing of the past.
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BURBANK (CBSLA) – Disney became the late company to announce it will be getting rid of plastic straws. The company said it will be eliminating “single-use plastic straws and plastic stirrers” by mid-2019 at all its theme parks and other operations worldwide. According to Disney, 175 million straws and 13 million stirrers are used at its locations per year. “Eliminating plastic straws and other plastic items are meaningful steps in our long-standing commitment to environmental stewardship,” said Bob Chapek, Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences, and Consumer Products, in a statement. This comes after Starbucks also announced earlier this month it would be eliminating plastic straws at all its stores by 2020. Disney also said it would be working to offer “refillable in-room amenities” at its hotels and cruise ships and reduce plastic bags and polystyrene cups at its parks and cruise lines. Disney alleges that it cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 41 percent in 2017.
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BURBANK (CBSLA) – Disney became the late company to announce it will be getting rid of plastic straws. The company said it will be eliminating “single-use plastic straws and plastic stirrers” by mid-2019 at all its theme parks and other operations worldwide. According to Disney, 175 million straws and 13 million stirrers are used at its locations per year. “Eliminating plastic straws and other plastic items are meaningful steps in our long-standing commitment to environmental stewardship,” said Bob Chapek, Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences, and Consumer Products, in a statement. This comes after Starbucks also announced earlier this month it would be eliminating plastic straws at all its stores by 2020. Disney also said it would be working to offer “refillable in-room amenities” at its hotels and cruise ships and reduce plastic bags and polystyrene cups at its parks and cruise lines. Disney alleges that it cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 41 percent in 2017.
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It’s the last straw, of sorts, for Starbucks. The java giant and MGM resorts have joined the growing list of companies eliminating plastic straws. Dozens of cities across the country have already established bans or restrictions on the use of plastic straws in restaurants and earlier this year, a bill was introduced to ban them and drink stirrers at restaurants and bars around the five boroughs. Environmentalists say the straws endanger aquatic wildlife. The director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s “ Give a Sip ” campaign, John Calvelli, stopped by to tell us more.
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Seattle, Wash. (CBS Local/AP) — Starbucks says it will eliminate plastic straws from its stores globally by 2020, a nod to the growing push for businesses to be more environmentally friendly. The company will become the largest food and beverage company operating globally to ban plastic straws from all of its stores. The Seattle-based company said Monday it will instead use straws made from other materials, and lids designed not to need straws. McDonald’s also recently said it would switch to paper straws in the United Kingdom and Ireland by next year, and test alternatives to plastic straws in some U.S. locations. Environmental activists have been pressuring businesses to ditch plastic straws because they can end up in the ocean and hurt marine life. The push gained traction after a viral video in 2015 showed rescuers removing a straw from a sea turtle’s nose in graphic detail. Local governments have also been looking at the issue. Last week, Seattle’s ban on single-use plastic straws and utensils in food service outlets took effect, and Starbucks says it already offers alternative straws there. Similar proposals are being considered elsewhere, including New York and San Francisco. Starbucks said Monday that it is making available a strawless lid at 8,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada for certain drinks. Starbucks Coffee Co. estimates the switch will eliminate more than 1 billion plastic straws a year. Starbucks said cold beverages in which a straw is typically included make up 50 percent of the drinks its sells, up from just 37 percent five years ago. While straws have become a high-profile issue, they make up only about 4 percent of the plastic trash by number of pieces, and far less by weight. Straws add up to only about 2,000 tons of the nearly 9 million tons of plastic waste that hits waters a year. Still, those who support limiting plastic straws say they are generally unnecessary and a ban is good symbol. ( © Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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