Surfrider's STRAWLESS SUMMER Campaign

Surfrider Foundation’s Eastern Long Island chapter is joining the worldwide movement to get rid of plastic straws. At one beach cleanup in Greenport, the Eastern Long Island Chapter removed 922 straws from the beach. The goal of this program is to reduce the number of plastic straws used in restaurants in Eastern Long Island.
 
PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS WILL PLEDGE TO: 
1. Go completely Strawless      or
2. Provide biodegradable (paper, bamboo) straws only upon request     or
3. Provide reusable alternatives to plastic (stainless steel)
Is your restaurant ready? Make the Pledge Here. 

HERE’S THE SURFRIDER PLAN:

• Educate the public about the negative effects of plastic straws
• Collect data about number of plastic straws being used on the East End, price per straw, and distribution company
• Host a screening of the film “Straws“
• Do market research and provide price alternatives to interested restaurants, proving that using fewer single use straws can be cost effective
• Team up with local schools and ask students for help spreading the word
• Sign restaurants up to make the pledge to be a part of the 2018 Strawless Summer
• Launch a kick off party at one of our participating restaurants
• Celebrating the restaurants who choose to join by providing them with a Strawless Summer 2018 window decal, including them on our website’s interactive map below, and through social media.

Restaurants:
​1.  Take this Survey.  This survey will help us collect information about the use of plastic straws with the ultimate goal of making alternatives more approachable for restaurant owners. Please help the chapter out by filling out this quick survey! We respect your Privacy. Answers given will not be shared.
2. Sign this Petition asking East End restaurant supplier to provide alternatives to plastic straws.
3. Make the Pledge Here  if your restaurant is ready to commit.
Consumers:You can help us with our program as you go throughout your day- to- day life.. Ask yourself if you really need a straw, and start to notice how often you automatically get a straw. Remind your server,  “No straw, Please!” 
Volunteer by helping us approach restaurants and gather information. Ask the manager or owner to take our survey (PDF Version / Online Version), and help us figure out what it would take for them to go strawless.
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