Jesus Montalvo
Ever since humans started using plastic, we have made our oceans more polluted ever since the creation of plastic. And, that number continues to grow each day since
almost everything is made of plastic. And, there isn't really a way in order to get rid of that plastic. To add on top of that, plastic doesn't take that much money to manufacture, so that is why the giant companies continue to use plastic in order for them to save money. But, is saving money really worth causing plastic to end up in the ocean and having no way to properly dispose of plastic? An example of a company saving money using plastic is Starbucks with their plastic cups. Starbucks is a multi-billion dollar company, and the way that they do this is mostly saving money by using plastic cups for, almost, all of their drinks to the consumers. They have acknowledged that some of the plastic in the ocean is their fault by wanting their consumers to start using reusable cups to decrease the amount of Starbucks plastic cups from entering the ocean. How I have contributed to using less plastic is by using a reusable cup from Starbucks. The purpose for why I got a reusable Starbucks cup is to reduce plastic from entering the ocean, thus not harming as many sea creatures that live in the sea.
The top picture is my cup and the second picture is proof of my purchase of my cup along with a Strawberry Acai refresher drink that I bought.