They are so lovely the way you have captured them.

Nice placement of your challenge Chrissy ......I totally agree with you I will only but paper straws !!!

In complete agreement regarding plastic pollution! I do however like your presentation for the challenge. I keep thinking it would make an interesting Orb. :)

Chrissy see my reply to Gudrun's comment below. :)

Aber aussehen tun sie so doch super!:-) ich mag die Regenbogenfarben!

Gudrun,

I found a few suggestions to recycle plastic straws. can't get a link to the page in the magazine. Plus l'm not sure how well translation would work to make it understandable. I wanted to post it for Chrissy !

1. Jewelry Saver - thread a necklace through the straw and clasp it together -- keeps from getting tangled.

2. Wrap the end of any type of tape around the straw to keep it from sticking to itself. If you store tape by stacking them, cut the straw to size of the tape.

3. Fold a plastic straw in half and place it in the sip hole of a takeout coffee cup to avoid spills while riding in a car, or train etc.

4. Save some space in your overnight bag by filling a clean plastic straw with a couple pumps of lotion or serum. Push one end of the straw into the other end and secure.

5. Put short stemmed flowers into plastic straws to add height to them when in a taller vase.

Agreed Chrissy but, before they go, they have allowed you to create a wonderful image.

Creative ideas!

wirklich klasse! So haben sie wenigstens einen weiteren Nutzen!

très joli et créatif !!

:)

Nicely colorful =)

Sehr kreativ!

Lovely take, those I have been photographing also a lot several times but they never made it into Ipernity :))

Rein optisch ergeben die bunten Plastikhalme so nebeneinander schon ein sehr heiteres Bild mit sommerlichem Flair. Aber ist schon klar, trotz dass sie gut aussehen und praktisch sind, ist Plastik einfach schädlich für die Umwelt. Ich frage mich nur, wie es nur so weit kommen konnte, dass die Plastikvermüllung soweit in unserer Umwelt voranschreiten konnte, ohne dass viel früher dagegen angegangen wurde.

Well chosen, Chrissy, yes hope they disappear