Major Companies are Vowing to Ban Plastic Straws

Americans use more than 500 million disposable straws every day. But that number could go down as more companies, like [f500link]Starbucks[/f500link], are pledging to ditch plastic, single-use straws.

On Monday, [f500link ignore=true]two huge international companies, Starbucks[/f500link] and Hyatt, announced they are phasing out the use of plastic straws globally. Plenty of foreign companies in countries like the U.K.