Hold the straw: Seacoast eateries join to aid environment: More restaurants join move to reduce use of single-use plastics.

RESTAURANTS & the environment; PLASTIC tableware; BEACHES -- Environmental aspects; RESTAURANT customers; ATTITUDE (Psychology); ECOLOGY

The article focuses on the efforts of restaurants to minimize environmental impact by not offering single use plastic straws to customers, except when demanded. Topics discussed include efforts of the organization Sustainable Seacoast to educate best practices, reduce plastic pollution in ocean and beaches, Skip the Straw initiative by the organization Blue Ocean Society, and use of reusable alternative straws through Straws on Demand initiative.