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New York City looks to join plastic straw ban train

By Anna Giaritelli
Published June 5, 2018 4:00am ET
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New York City looks to join plastic straw ban train
A plastic stirrer for your morning coffee? Fuhgettaboutit. A straw to sip your favorite fruity cocktail? Nope. New York soon could become the largest U.S. city to ban plastic straws and force its 8.5 million residents to use only compostable items when eating and drinking, joining a worldwide push to reduce the amount of plastic […]

A plastic stirrer for your morning coffee? Fuhgettaboutit. A straw to sip your favorite fruity cocktail? Nope.

New York soon could become the largest U.S. city to ban plastic straws and force its 8.5 million residents to use only compostable items when eating and drinking, joining a worldwide push to reduce the amount of plastic trash.

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