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One Good Thing: Turning Plastic Waste into Art and Advocacy

You may have seen in recent news of businesses and brands eliminating plastic straws from their products.  This cool story was shared by our friends at Clever Octopus!  The Strawpocalypse is made from 168,000 plastic drinking straws that were collected from streets in Vietnam and donated by individuals with help from Starbucks Vietnam and Zero Waste Saigon.  The objective of this art project is to empower people to take steps towards using their last straw.

Click this link to read the full story and watch the video below.