Alaska Airlines will become first U.S. airline to dump plastic straws

Alaska Airlines will stop using plastic stir straws and plastic cocktail citrus picks, continuing the company’s role in the trend of businesses becoming environmentally proactive.
The airline will instead use white birch stir sticks for coffee and bamboo picks for cocktails for domestic and international flights, as well as in its airport lounges, beginning this summer. Those requesting straws will be given a “non-plastic, marine-friendly” alternative. The carrier also said it