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"amNY" featured Pace University in "Why the effort to ban plastic straws is growing"
In his recent State of the City address, Mayor Bill de Blasio expressed his support for efforts to ensure NYC becomes a leader in reducing single-use plastics that pollute our oceans and harm wildlife worldwide. And last year, Councilman Rafael Espinal proposed legislation that would eliminate the use of most single-use plastic straws in NYC.
The Wildlife Conservation Society applauds the efforts. We are optimistic that the legislation will become law and encouraged by the many businesses that have already begun providing alternatives to plastic straws.
The push to ban single-use plastic in NYC dovetails with Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium Give a Sip campaign, which already has 175 partners. They include Montefiore Medical Center, Pace University and the Yemeni American Merchants Association, which is educating customers in 4,000 bodegas across the five boroughs about the need to ban plastic straws. More than 150,000 individuals also have pledged to stop using plastic straws.
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