Why The Last Straw?

The Last Straw helps you rate restaurants for their use of Single Use Plastic.

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What's Single Use Plastic?

Single-use plastics, or disposable plastics, are used only once before they are thrown away or recycled. These items are things like plastic bags, straws, coffee stirrers, soda and water bottles and most food packaging.

What's wrong with plastic?

Single Use Plastic is a public and environmental health hazard. We can reduce our consumption of single use plastic at restaurants if we know which are avoiding, eliminating, or reducing the single use plastic they pass on to the customer---you. Plastic pollution is persistent and accumulates in the food chain. It is a problem of immense proportions, but you can reduce your personal single use plastic consumption the next time you go out to eat, order take-out, or bring home leftovers. There are two ways to get involved:

1. Find out which restaurants are passing less single use plastic on to you the customer.
2. Collect single use plastic data at our local restaurants.

See Clean Restaurants Near You

The map below displays the current eateries in The Last Straw and their current single use plastic consumption.

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