'MURICA — Plastic straws are increasingly drawing attention from conservation movements around the world. <br /><br />In the U.S. alone, Americans discard around 500 million plastic straws a day, enough to circle the globe twice, or fill 125 school buses, according to CNN. <br /><br />Straws normally are not recycled because they are often made from several different types of plastics, and they're small in size. <br />Straw pollution contributes to the eight million tons of plastic dumped into the oceans each year, CNN reported. <br /><br />At the current rate, there will be more plastic than fish in the water by 2050. <br /><br />Campaigns in the U.S. and the U.K. have looked to reduce plastic straw use. <br />Reusable glass straws, stainless steel, copper and bamboo all more sustainable alternatives than single-use plastic.
