NUS campaigner Robbie Young: students, lay down your straws

The NUS vice president wants university unions and young people to play their part in reducing plastic waste

Robbie Young has had enough.

"We're surrounded by plastic straws. 500 million of them are used and discarded every day in the United States alone, with fatal consequences for the wildlife that swallows them. As young people we have a responsibility to do something about that."