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How Big a Difference Can Biodegradable Straws Make to the Environment?

Green Business Bureau

All materials do this, even plastics, which break down into what we call microplastics – i.e. plastic particles smaller than 5mm. Biodegradable Straws Reduce Microplastics at Sea and on Land. We call these microplastics – and they have reached some of the most remote parts of the world. As such, it’s not a very precise term.

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Ranked: The 12 best ways to get cars out of cities

Business Green

Around the world, SUVs alone emit more carbon pollution than Canada or Germany , and are causing a bigger increase in climate pollution than heavy industry. North American suburban households consistently have higher carbon footprints than urban ones: one study in Toronto found suburban footprints were twice as high.