Used once and tossed, billions of non-recyclable plastic straws wind up in landfills, littering streets, and finding their way to oceans. Plastic straws are the fifth most-collected item at beach cleanups behind bottle caps, wrappers, and cigarette butts. The images of a sea turtle with a plastic straw in its nose has toured the world, signaling cause for alarm. Through interviews with researchers, artists, citizen activists, and business owners comes a call for concrete change. Narrated by Tim Robbins.
Straws
Genre
Documentary
Country
United States of America
Year
2017
Duration
33'
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Pollution
Pollution
Water, air, and land are affected by a phenomenon that is spreading rapidly across the planet, from small to large scales, turning into a worldwide crisis due to plastic pollution.
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