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Maelyn Kaya goes
green with her No
Straw Ottawa
Campaign
B Y r i ii E E �l..) Ii r o IR 0 N S E IP I E IM IB E IR 27„ 2 018 1 E AV IE A C 0 1A IM E IN I
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Mar -fine IIIAiOIIIogislt Clhr--istiIrie l:::::lggener-'s 2015 video of IIhneIr tearn
removing a IpIlIastic straw sti.xlk in a sea turfle's Inose
Oh Mps://you tuJlbe/4wIl 1878t7&bw) is diffict.At to watc[i. T] --ie disbressc.-A
ar-flr-nIII' as IIAood trickIlhlg Ul"GIll his riose. IIh 11 e wi in ces, di ea ili y i in
1-miri, �,is the IIIurng obj(�Ct' iS E!Xt.]`aC11.'.'ed firuni hisfac'e . ..... 11 he video
sIl-iows 1-iow tl"ie seernhng�ly iricurisequientIII act of' u..jisfing a
da is�13osa�l,,,.)�l�e�lp�l�ast�'(,,st�i,",.)wca�i�,i�l-iavese�i-i(�)use�i,iv�i��i,"o�i"i�i'Tie�i-11. i
curiseqUieIr'ices.
F assklin ate aLDOLA oc'ear-i!.; ar-id rnaIrfine IlIife sirice dlhfldIl-iood, 1.5
yea�i OIII 11,4q, -)ear -i i lllliigll-i ScIl-i0611 sb.ideIntl 1\4�,i&lyri IKaya 1-ieard of t1he
br&-)d agairist Ilrnlllastir sbraws arid tll0LJgV)t, "surrieune has to do
sorned-king" 611 Car-iada's Cin pitIII .
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Il adyris eiricouragirig1(,-XAIN.ishriesses to offer- Atenrmtives or
furego 4".-flastic str,aws coni,n�j,,)lIetdly witl-i I-ier INo Straw Ottawa
carn�j,.)aigri.
1::::Ifteein yc,.aair d1d INepean i ligh Schodl student IMadlyin IKaya is enm.,cragling Rocal
L -m i,,.,iinesses to forego pllasdc-strawswiith Iheir IleaSbriwOttawa caimpai . gin, Photo
day Andirea lbinikins
(Drice hei-VIII ded as the SL,flbstar-ice that WOUdd 111ibeirate fl --ie jpIlarlet, it
is estir-nated 40jjerclentl� of the 448 rndHliori tuns ofjzdastic
produced eadh year-, is di s-IIposaUle.
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Arx.l Ihow in,wc]h of d-iis tras[-i is waslied hrito our-, ocea�r-is? Cot,,illd
yot.xr fr°aIj,,,.)lI,,xxcino brirflklrig aid erid uIj,,) in aCosta III iii cari turde's
lnosbrIII"
hin 2015, Llriiver-,sity of (3eorgiaj,,)r,(.-)-f(.:.:�ssor Jerina
D
Jarril)e6k esti rnat:ed Ibetweer-i 5.3 aricl 14 rniii III icorn tor -is of1,,,.)IIastic
waste eriter" OCE�aris firor-ri coasl.:AregicYris ew.�ry yeaa iPI-iis doesr-ft
iridlude gar-llage frorn s�liips or-, fis[-kng vess6ls.
IR u:: f Ul S i rl g t ra d i t i o ri a 1I 1:-) 1I a s t i c s t. raws " 1 s a ve ry s irri a III III a in d s i rn I-) 1l e
cliar-ige," says Ma&lyri. 'It is Ibe conkrng suct-i ar-i ir-qportant issue riow
that it is wor-- t[ -i fl, -i i ri ki ing a bot.ji t."
Nla&lyn's irrnovernent Iha s beeri j,,,)c)sitiv&ly received. A wAk tlir--ougllh
Westlmiro reveAs rnariy Ibu shnesses 1-mve johned the ref use
resistarice. Y(,.m,.i cari see the citywide Illi St OfbUSi11E,s�..;e�..; that 1-mve
joiried the cauise, air -nub Whi(.Jh At'(-.�r'riative thEY Iiav(.:: d1hoserl, orl II o
Sbraw Ottawa's w&l.)site at
�nost�r"awottawa,,,wixsite.co�m/�r)ost�rawottawa
(h tt p::Mnos trawo ttawa wixsite.com/uos trawo ttawa).
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Ma&lyrn si�ng�les cm..it W-iislj,',:)ers II u..flb aridEater-y or -i Ilf ic[-vrnorid IlRoa d
aslb(.:�ihrig especiAlly erifl,-n.isiatic to switc]h -to 1lbiodegrada[)lIe
str',aws.
BiodegradaUle str-anws ar,e near-ly ider-fl-.JcA-to regullar-, 1,,)�Iastic,
Ma&lyr-i ex1j-,flafins, "excqpt tl�iey ar-e irnissfirig am elin zyrne firl the
j3&lypr-qj:)yller-ie str-aws tl'iat.pir"everns: s dherr� firor-ri Il iodegi-adir-Ig"
FII nes se surrogate straws wli deco�IFTI�I,,)ose iri'70 days, uirflflke rr-
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13astic str-aws. 0fl"ier" SUI. stituU...? sIlurper-s iridlude straws Irnade
lir orn 1,':)a�jper',ba�lfflboo, gIllass, ur rneta�l.
1Ilowever-, for those Ibdlorigir-ig to the differ-er-ifly aUled corrurnurlity,
1,'.-)lIastic str-aws ar"e ain(.:.cessity. Differ-erifly at'.fled peq-fle limay take
longer to corist.,urnea b(.:.1verage, 1(�.:.Iavfing d-idir jpaIj,,)er"' str"aw to
disir-itegir-ate arid 1,)oter-i-HAHly cw.ise a dholding Ihazard II IetAa turaws
Iieatl uq) arid cok.dd Irrnankedr-Tirfldng ulii(,..-oli,-rifoli,-,tai IbIII e. Addition,-..flHly"
these fdll<s may u ot IL e Able to dlear'i a ir'eusabIll e, straw. With t1his
cory'virnur-Y
-iii: urn urnuund, surne restaLYrar'it.'s, hric.JkJdiiqg "'Fh(:?W(..)od c.. n
Wdll)rigtun SOreet West, Ihaa "straws uqpur'i ur.equest" Ip6llic y.
lRernainfing eIi-ivili-oli,ili,ne�iiitaIlIIlIy irninded, IMadlyri agrees 1)lIastic
str"aws ar,e esserit4ll for, thissegirner-it of the Il3ll3dlatiori.
"Sfir-aws er-e irivc!r-ited for fl-iose jpeop�le arid -d-iey E-JhOdld II e uised
fur tl'iat i-eason," s�lhe says.
1I Irn Au..jgL]St, IM anon rnel.. withMir-flster- C"at-11-ierirle
Mcll<ertria to disc:uss II,4o Sbray w Od,awa.
Y( -A every gr'ounndswdlHlI of actlun Iha s ded-actor-'s. f3orne (:rltics of
rm....straw i"noveffierits say it is irmte�IIOLJg[-i arid is aldin to dliar-ngir-ng
your, l:::::au.,dl'.,)ook j,'.)r-of--ide j-)ic:b.inr-e as, an III azy §I -mw of suq")lIpur't, an call air -n
Madlylr-i swiffly addresses.
'1I cornljplletdly ieAiz(.:� they ar°e fl'-iis tiriy Illlittlle jperu:;rltage of wIl'.Iat is
x.ftui�.:III Illy iri tVie ocearis Ikxii-t the i-movenrnerit isri't actuiAHly Abourt
stAraws. IIIc is al,)OLA flh(:.r cdt.A.jnAblharige," saysMa(�.:flyr-i. 'I" star't
flhir-ildrig a[-)m.jtsbraws wrid fl'-ieri flheywfl�l1 start fl-kirfl-ding abOUt
1,-)IIastics. Strawsare, juisl:: IIlanyirng the girouridwor](for Il qjplle -to start
Il, eir-ig curisciouis AL)out II Ilani: tic CGIISLTIITIlJpti011."
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