Trivia Card 8

Americans use how many plastic straws per day?

25,000 (Twenty-five thousand)

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100,000 (One hundred thousand)

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250,000,000 (Two hundred fifty million)

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500,000,000 (Five hundred million)

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On average, each American uses 1.6 plastic straws every day. That's 500 million per day for everyone. That’s enough to fill up 125 school buses a day, or 46,400 school buses a year! Consider avoiding straws or switching to reusable straws if you can.

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