"Marriott Follows Starbucks In Dropping Plastic Straws"

"The days of plastic straws are drawing shorter.

Marriott International on Wednesday became the latest big company to announce it will stop using plastic straws, saying it would remove them from its more than 6,500 properties by next July. The giant hotel chain said it will stop offering plastic stirrers, too.

It said the environmentally friendly move could eliminate the use of more than 1 billion plastic straws and about 250 million stirrers per year. Marriott said its hotels will 'offer alternative straws upon request.'"

Avie Schneider reports for NPR July 18, 2018.