Having been to Alaska on three occasions, I couldn’t help noticing that the beautiful glaciers have receded more with each time I visited, which is impacting wildlife, oceans and the overall environment. Sustainability and the health of our planet also is top of mind for many beverage brands, who reduce and reuse water, install solar panels in factories and increasingly are employing sustainable packaging.
Restaurants and businesses also are providing options for consumers by swapping plastic straws for biodegradable paper straws. More than 500 million plastic straws, enough to fill 46,400 large school buses, are used annually, according to Aardvark, maker of the original paper drinking straws.