Fashion Designers Are Finding New Ways To Reduce Your Plastic Waste vogue.in

Are plastic straws the new cigarettes? Maybe that’s a little extreme, but in the week or so since Starbucks, American Airlines and the entire city of Seattle announced that they’re going straw-free, those little plastic tubes have begun to feel like a dirty habit. (Our own cafeteria here at One World Trade Center has gone strawless, too.) It’s serendipitous timing, considering we’re at the height of summer—ie, peak cold-brew season. Our Instagram feeds have become an endless scroll of friends showing off their new no-plastic-straw lifestyles, either by drinking their coffee through a reusable (and chic!) copper straw, or by sipping it the old-fashioned way.