<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">They make metal and or bamboo straws and we keep a bag of paper ones in the car when we do a drive thru. The paper gets soggy but we just then repeat with another one. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">FYI The Bamboo or metal straws make a good holiday stuffer.<div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 16, 2018, at 9:35 AM, Gerald Flakas via Lekooks <<a href="mailto:lekooks@lekook.org" class="">lekooks@lekook.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">This is from WEAL, the Waukesha County Environmental Action League. They have initiated a program whose goal is to make Waukesha County a "Zero Waste Community", where none of our household and business wastes wind up in landfills. A first step in this initiative is a request to "Skip the Straw", since plastic drinking straws are not recycled, and are a prime example of unnecessary waste. Here is WEAL<br class=""> description of the program:<br class=""><br class=""><div align="center" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span class="wz-bold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WEAL Asks Members and Waukesha County Residents to <br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">“Skip the Straw” </span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><br style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">As a component of WEAL’s Goal Zero Waste: Waukesha County Initiative, WEAL is asking our members, and the general public, to join a global movement and “Skip the Straw.” <br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">WEAL is also asking establishments serving beverages in Waukesha County to enact a “straw upon request” policy with a plan to transition to reusable or biodegradable alternatives for customers who ask to have a straw.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">Plastic straws may seem harmless but they contribute to the more than 150 metric tons of plastics in the world’s oceans. Reducing the amount of discarded plastic is crucial because if nothing is done by 2050 the oceans will have more plastics than fish.</span><br style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">Plastic straws are not collected for recycling and eventually end up in landfills, incinerators, along roadsides or in oceans, rivers, lakes and streams. They are also one to the top ten items collected during coastal cleanups according to the<span class="wz-bold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Ocean Conservancy.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">Plastic straws do not biodegrade they photodegrade into microplastics which can take more than 200 years. Microplastic fragments can be easily ingested by fish, birds and other wildlife and ultimately enter the food chain.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">There are no precise figures on how many plastic straws are used each day in the United States. Estimates range from 375 million to 500 million. To put how many plastic straws are discarded every year in perspective, Disney estimates 175 million plastic straws are used annually at their properties and is switching to paper straws. <br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">On a smaller scale, the Modern Honolulu and the Hilton Waikoloa Village in Hawaii tracked their plastic straw usage and found between the two hotels 1.4 million plastic straws were used in 2017. Both hotels now only offer paper straws upon request. <br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div align="left" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span class="wz-bold wz-underline" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Plastic Straw Regulations and Bans in the US and Around the World</span></div><div align="center" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">Plastic Straw initiatives or bans are being enacted, or considered, across the globe. Island nations and coastal cities that are most impacted by single-use plastic pollution are spearheading efforts to “skip the straw.” Coastal communities understand plastic straws, and other single-use plastic items threaten the environment and as litter they are a deterrent for tourism. <br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">The state of California recently enacted legislation requiring dine-in restaurants to only give straws when requested. Statewide plastic straw bans are being considered in Hawaii, New Jersey and New York. <br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">A number of cities in the United States have banned plastic straws. Seattle’s ban on plastic straws and utensils went into effect on July 1st. In California, Monterrey, Malibu and Berkley have recently approved banning plastic straws. In Florida St. Petersburg, Miami Beach and Fort Myers Florida have also approved plastic straw bans. <br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">The United Kingdom is proposing a ban on plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds. Queen Elizabeth II has already banned plastic straws and bottles from all royal estates. Scotland plans to ban plastic straws by the end of 2019. Belize plans to phase out plastic straws, shopping bags and plastic utensils by April, 2019 and Taiwan is planning to eliminate the use of plastic straws, bags and utensils by 2030. <br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">Numerous restaurants, bars, hotel chains, cruise lines, airlines and other venues have decided to no longer offer plastic straws. Several sports arenas, including the Milwaukee Bucks new stadium, have also decided not to offer plastic straws. <br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span class="wz-underline" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">What Can You Do?</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">Ask yourself if you routinely use straws for beverages consumed at home, or for beer or wine? If the answer is “no” why use a straw when you are away from home?</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span class="wz-bold" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Although reusable and biodegradable straws are the best options to replace plastic, it is always preferable to Skip the Straw altogether and just drink from a glass. </span><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">Not using a plastic straw won’t eliminate plastic pollution and litter, but this action raises awareness about environmental issues associated with single-use plastic items and encourages people to think about their impact on the environment. If you agree plastic straws contribute to pollution and litter, and believe not using a plastic straw is a good idea, WEAL is asking you to “skip the straw.”</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span class="wz-bold wz-underline" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Helpful Tips</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span class="wz-bold wz-underline" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span></div><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">When ordering a beverage, let your server know you do not wish to have a straw.</span><br style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">Placing a plastic straw in beverages has become a routine. If you receive a straw when you asked not to have one, don’t get upset. Use the unwanted straw as an opportunity to mention why you have decided to “skip the straw.”</span><br style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">WEAL believes the time is right for establishments serving beverages to enact a “straw upon request policy” and give customers a choice on whether or not to have one.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">WEAL also supports phasing out plastic straws in favor of reusable or biodegradable straws. <br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span class="wz-bold wz-underline" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Alternatives to Plastic Straws</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span class="wz-bold wz-underline" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">There are a number of alternatives to plastic straws. Good quality paper straws are available, but will cost more than plastic straws. To keep costs down for your favorite restaurants, just ask not to have a straw.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">Some restaurants and bars across the country are offering reusable straws made from bamboo, steel, glass or silicone. Creative alternatives like pasta and reeds are also becoming popular, but keep in mind the most environmentally beneficial option is no straw.</span><br style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">Beverage serving establishments must be sensitive to the needs of disabled customers and not question why anyone is requesting a straw. In addition to having biodegradable straws upon request, beverage serving venues can purchase a small supply of reusable steel straws with silicone tips, or keep a few packages of plastic straws on hand to provide acceptable options for all customers who request straws.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">If you don’t want to ask for a straw but prefer to use one, you can always bring your own. There are a number of options available that include a case and cleaning brush. One steel straw even folds into a case that can be put in a pocket, a purse or attached to a key chain.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; 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padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span class="wz-bold wz-underline" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Next Steps <br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span class="wz-bold wz-underline" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">If you know of any establishment in Waukesha County that has already enacted a “straw upon request” policy, please let WEAL know by contacting<a id="DBE2A1E5-7B78-4A2A-BE6C-8C5CF0EF19F1" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(235, 70, 64); 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WEAL would like to recognize these establishments on our website, Facebook page and in newsletter articles. <br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span class="wz-bold wz-underline" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Stay Informed</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span class="wz-bold wz-underline" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch; border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none; border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(110, 110, 110); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">WEAL will be posting new information on the WEAL website and Facebook page, please share information on reducing single-use plastics with your family and friends.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; 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color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" class="">In the meantime, “skip the straw” and enjoy drinking from a glass!</span><br class=""></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">Lekooks mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Lekooks@lekook.org" class="">Lekooks@lekook.org</a><br class="">http://lekook.org/mailman/listinfo/lekooks_lekook.org<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div></body></html>