SAME SAME WEDDINGS MAGAZINE LAUNCH EDITION 2018

THE FISH AND THE LAST STRAW Almost ever yone is familiar with ‘that tur tle video’ from 2015.

Fewer people will know that early in 2017 a whale died with 30 plastic bags in its stomach or that by 2050 there is predicted to be more plastic in the sea than there are fish. But it isn’t only marine life that is suffering the effects of our toxic relationship with throw-away plastics. Today’s generation of young men are 50% less fer tile than their fathers and scientists are saying that is greatly due to plastics leaching chemicals into our food, drink and daily environments.

Robyn and Liza are two Australian women, mothers, passionate environmentalists and self-made entrepreneurs who used to suck!

But not anymore! Now they’re on a mission to replace toxic single-use plastic straws with beautiful reusable bamboo ones. “We star ted Yourstraw two years ago after my husband pulled a plastic straw from a fish’s stomach,” says Yourstraw co-founder Liza Hogg.

“We were supposed to be enjoying a fresh-caught seafood dinner.

Needless to say, that ruined our appetite!”

When life ser ves you up a plastic straw in a fish’s stomach, it’s time to star t heeding the signs. So they star ted Yourstraw, to offer an alternative to society’s self-defeating love affair with singleuse plastics. Bamboo is a safe, natural alternative that doesn’t endanger marine life or pollute the environment. The organisation allocates 50% of profits to environmental education programs and women’s empowerment via interest-free micro loans for women entrepreneurs.

It’s time to create a new normal away from single-use plastics and towards social/eco businesses based on sound and sustainable economic principles. Make your wedding zero-waste with Yourstraw custom engraved bamboo straws for your special day.

Yourstraw bamboo reusable straws are compostable, reusable, allnatural, hand-made, naturally antibacterial and fish-friendly. They won’t leach toxins into your drink. They won’t last forever. They won’t choke our whales or get lodged in the nostril of a sea-tur tle.

They WILL make your juice/smoothie/coconut/cocktail look like it is wearing salty beach hair, a tropical tan and a lazy holiday grin. And they’ll do all that whilst giving 50% back to women’s empowerment and environmental education programs.

Contact admin@yourstraw.com for more information about wholesale options and custom engraving for private label and events.