Become a monthly sustainer to stop McDonald's plastic straw use

McDonald's hands out tens of millions of plastic straws a day. Do ever think about where those straws end up?

Too often, that plastic ends up in the ocean, adding to the 8 million metric tons of plastic that pollute our oceans every year, choking sea turtles and killing fish.

We're putting an end to plastic pollution by convincing McDonald's to stop polluting our oceans -- beginning with a huge video ad campaign during the Olympics. But this kind of large-scale campaign is a long-term fight, and we need your help. Will you become a monthly sustainer of our campaign to end McDonald’s plastic straw pollution?

We can't afford to put off the fight to stop plastic use any longer. At the current rate, plastics will outweigh fish in our oceans by 2050.

Plastic straws are a major contributor to that problem. The U.S. alone throws out half a billion plastic straws every day. Straws are a one-use item that don't biodegrade but instead litter our ocean floor for generations.

But McDonald's could stop its plastic straw use right now. The billion-dollar fast-food chain's beverages have a 90% profit margin and switching to environmentally friends straws would cost only about a penny per drink.

We have a long-term strategy to stop McDonald's shameful plastic pollution, including a hard-hitting video campaign to air during the Olympics, for which McDonald's is a lead sponsor. We've also got a huge opportunity coming up at the McDonald's AGM. One great SumOfUs member has tabled a shareholder proposal on plastic straws that will go to a vote among shareholders! It could be our biggest opportunity yet.

We've won battles with McDonald's before, when we forced the company to commit to sourcing 100% responsible palm oil. And we're not going to give up until McDonald's stops plastic straw use for good—but we need your support.

Will you become a monthly sustainer of our campaign to end McDonald's plastic straw use?

More information

Momentum builds to curb plastic straw use
Restaurant Hospitality. 18 October 2017.

McDonald's to cut prices on drinks as fast-food industry slumps
Chicago Tribune. 22 February 2017.

Here's How Much Plastic Ends Up In the World's Oceans
Time. 12 February 2015.