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How local efforts are reducing use of plastic straws

Matthew Terrell holds a glass straw that he uses instead of disposable plastic straws used in every restaurant. Terrell, the President of UNG Sustains at the University of North Georgia, has led the group in getting 550 students to pledge to give up the use of plastic straws. - photo by Scott Rogers

07092018 STRAWS 3.jpg — Matthew Terrell holds a glass straw that he uses instead of disposable plastic straws used in every restaurant. Terrell, the President of UNG Sustains at the University of North Georgia, has led the group in getting 550 students to pledge to give up the use of plastic straws. - photo by Scott Rogers

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Published: Jul 9, 2018, 1:46 AM

Matthew Terrell was just a normal student going to college in a small North Georgia town.

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