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Sandra Wenceslao: UCLA Dining should switch to reusable straws for zero waste

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Students are never really taught how to protect the future of Earth. At least not at the lunch table. But there’s an inconspicuous agent in each person’s drink, one that’s also one of the most unassuming contributors to landfills: straws.

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Sandra Wenceslao: UCLA Dining should switch to reusable straws for zero waste

By Sandra Wenceslao

April 24, 2017 8:40 p.m.