He began asking local businesses to stop automatically providing straws with drinks. Some patrons didn't even use the straws, which seemed like a waste to Cress. Seventeen-year-old Milo Cress of Shelburne has spent his summer fielding interview requests from National Public Radio and the New York Times for his role in inspiring a worldwide movement against plastic straws when he was just 9 years old.Īs a boy, Cress had noticed that many restaurants automatically gave diners straws with their drinks.
