Most recycling machines aren’t capable of recycling straws, given their size. Extrapolated globally, that is 437 million to 8.3 billion plastic straws on the world's coastlines.Ĭurrently, plastic straws make up about 99% of the $3 billion global drinking-straw market.
shorelines during a five-year cleanup research project. Nearly 7.5 million plastic straws were found on U.S. Plastic straws are among the top 10 contributors to plastic marine debris across the globe. The United States uses millions of single-use plastic straws a day.
