Head over to these #SLURP-certified restaurants!
Many thanks to Martin at alphagraphics on busse! alphagraphics very generously supported our slurp launch by providing a start up kit of table tents and posters for participating restaurants!
Help reduce plastic straw waste
Did you know that in the U.S. alone, we use 500 million straws a day?
That’s enough straw waste to wrap the circumference of the earth 2.5 times!
Because they’re so small, straws easily fall through the cracks in the recycling process and instead end up as trash—often in our oceans. In fact, plastic straws are one of the top trash items found on our beaches. They can also be harmful to animals.
Park Ridge is taking a step towards helping reduce plastic straw waste by asking our local restaurant owners to adopt SLURP — a Straws Literally Upon Request Policy. Instead of automatically providing straws with drinks when served, we are asking restaurants to instead provide straws to only those patrons who ask for them.
Each of us can support the cause by reducing our own use of plastic straws, using more environmentally friendly options, or skipping the straw altogether. Many small steps can add up to big change!
That’s enough straw waste to wrap the circumference of the earth 2.5 times!
Because they’re so small, straws easily fall through the cracks in the recycling process and instead end up as trash—often in our oceans. In fact, plastic straws are one of the top trash items found on our beaches. They can also be harmful to animals.
Park Ridge is taking a step towards helping reduce plastic straw waste by asking our local restaurant owners to adopt SLURP — a Straws Literally Upon Request Policy. Instead of automatically providing straws with drinks when served, we are asking restaurants to instead provide straws to only those patrons who ask for them.
Each of us can support the cause by reducing our own use of plastic straws, using more environmentally friendly options, or skipping the straw altogether. Many small steps can add up to big change!
Watch the “straws” trailer
Filmmaker Linda Booker created a video to help bring awareness to the issue of straw pollution. Go Green Park Ridge is investigating the option of hosting a screening of this film in Park Ridge. "My goal for this documentary is to make people think about how small habits can add up to huge impact. Removing plastic straws is a tangible, simple change people and businesses can do that can truly help make a difference."—Linda Booker
businesses Get in the mix with plastic Straw reduction efforts: "We’re saving a considerable amount of money — $900 a month — A lot of people are excited about the paper straws and high-five me.”
