500 million straws are used every day in the United States. What does that look like?
500 million straws could fill over 127 school buses each day, or more than 46,400 school buses every year.
500 million straws per day is an average of 1.6 straws per person per day. Based on this national average, each person in the US will use approximately 38,000 or more straws between the ages of 5 and 65.
By 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish.
So the sooner we can begin to use fewer straws, the better – it is never too soon (or too late) to start.