01 • 21 • 2019
Ft. Lauderdale Straw Ordinance
The goal is to have the City of Ft. Lauderdale pass and implement a single use plastic straw ordinance which will help keep single use plastic straws from entering our marine environment.
In the summer of 2018, our Broward Chapter proposed a plastic straw ordinance in Ft Lauderdale. The reduction of plastic straws helps to decrease the need for fossil fuels, which are used for these wasteful and lightweight single use plastics which often end up as litter in our marine environments. On January 22, 2019, the City of Ft. Lauderdale voted to pass the ordinance!