getty By fall 2017, I had been working as a waste-minimization specialist for four years and had just ended a serious long-term relationship. I was burned out and uninspired, both professionally and personally, and I needed a change of scenery. So, I packed up my skis and my pup, Burrita, and drove to a town in Canada to live the simple life of eating ramen noodles, skiing every day and losing myself in the mountains. On my drive, my mind was swimming over straws (yes, straws). I had been obsessed with plastic straws since a 2013 trip to Thailand […]
