I recently had the opportunity to photograph Jackie Nuñez, founder and program manager of The Last Plastic Straw, for Voices of Monterey Bay (VOMB). Nuñez’s non-profit aims to eliminate single use plastic straws.
Jackie Nuñez founder and program manager of The Last Plastic Straw holds a handful of single use plastic straws that she collected on a short walk from the nearby Starbucks. (Photo By David Royal)
These cheap pieces of plastic are added to our drinks without us asking for them. They don’t break down and easily enter the ocean where they threaten sea creatures and add to the massive plastic patch already floating offshore.
Nuñez wears a single use plastic straw tied into a bow on her shirt. (Photo By David Royal)
As I photographed her above Sunny Cove Beach in Santa Cruz she held a handful of single use plastic straws that she collected on the two minute walk from the nearby Starbucks.
Jackie Nuñez founder and program manager of The Last Plastic Straw holds a handful of single use plastic straws that she collected on a short walk from the nearby Starbucks. (Photo By David Royal)
It was really sad how much plastic waste was on the ground, especially so close to the ocean!
Nuñez holds a metal straw that is made to replace the single use plastic straws.
You can read the story on Nuñez here: https://voicesofmontereybay.org/2018/06/06/the-last-straw/