Truckee students leading local movement to ban plastic straws

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Truckee students leading local movement to ban plastic straws

Hannah Jones,Sierra Sun

February 15, 2019

The growing movement to ban the use of disposable plastic straws has reached Truckee with students from Sierra Expeditionary Learning School launching a local effort.

Students from grades four to six lined the front rows of Town Hall at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, asking the town begin exploring options for a ban against disposable single-use plastic straws in Truckee.

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