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Last Straw For Plastic Straws? Cities, Restaurants Move To Toss These Sippers

As awareness grows about the environmental toll of single-use plastics, U.S. retailers and regulators alike are finding ways to decrease their use. And straws have become a prime target.

Slurping up smoothies, sodas and slushies through disposable plastic straws could one day become a thing of the past.

The call to toss plastic straws out of our food system is growing louder and louder. On Thursday Bon Appétit, a large food service company, announced it is banning plastic straws in all 1,000 of its cafés in 33 states, including locations like AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. The company says it plans to complete

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