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    Editorial: Half a billion plastic straws are used and discarded every day. What an unacceptable waste

    by Los Angeles Times Jan 17, 2018 2 minutes

    Every day Americans use - and almost immediately discard - up to half a billion plastic beverage straws. At least, that's the figure widely used by environmental activists to explain why people should embrace going straw-less.

    It's not clear where that number came from, but it seems credible considering how many takeout sodas, frappuccinos, smoothies, cold-press juices, boba teas and other beverages Americans buy every day, most of which

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