“I didn’t realize how close to home it was until then. The next morning, when I went to the pitch competition, and pitched the straw.” Doing more research, Rushlow learned that this was ...

Among them was Miles Pepper, co-founder of FinalStraw, a reusable, collapsible straw designed to replace single-use plastic straws. During his pitch, Pepper stated, "Plastic straws are going out ...