STRAW WARS USAEnjoy photos of 1,000+ friends with glass straws in SIXTY countries on SEVEN continents! |
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The Plastic Clock
Plastic made worldwide since 1950
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Made so far this year
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– Since you opened this page
– Rate right now
– Recycled plastic in this year’s output
– New plastic from oil and gas this year
– Recycled share
– Plastic made from plants this year
– Microplastic particles eaten in protein foods by all Americans since you opened this page
– By one American so far this year
– Metric tonnes (t). Production 1950–2019: Geyer, Jambeck & Law (2017) and OECD (2022). Later years estimated and projected from Plastics Europe world production data (2018–2024). Recycled share: Plastics Europe, Fast Facts 2025. Plant-based share: European Bioplastics (1.67 Mt produced in 2025). Microplastics: average of about 11,500 particles per person per year from protein foods alone (Milne et al. 2024), so a low estimate. |
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Horror Host Icon,Svengoolie! & John, July 2026
 Natalie Scharf (aka Anita X. Orcist) and John
Jakob Dylan - The Wallflowers  Bob Dylan's Guitarist! Joel Paterson 
|  Amy Helm, outstanding singer & songwriter, also daughter of Levon Helm w/John
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John in Woodstock, New York at the Big Pink house  Adjacent to the basement of The Basement Tapes
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Gone but never forgotten, Grateful Dead Icon, Phil Lesh! 
| Living Legend, Booker T. Jones
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Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music & John 
Chicago Radio Icon, Terri Hemmert
|  Debbie Harry of Blondie & John, December 2015, WTTW Soundstage Studio, Chicago, IL  Darryl Jones! Official non-official Rolling Stone and Chicago native  Going strong after 50 years, Graham Parker, May 23, 2026  New Wave Music Legend, Lene Lovich, September 21, 2025  Chicago Blues Icon, Billy Branch and wife Rosa
Living Legend, Founding Father of the Blues, Buddy Guy, (still smiling and rocking @ a young 86 years!)
Founding Father of American Punk Rock - Chris Stein (with Debbie Harry)
Tom Parker Bowles, Stepson of King Charles III 
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Jim Peterik: Ides of March/Survivor/.38 Special  |
The inimitable Peter Buck of R.E.M. & The Baseball Project
|  Don Was, Detroit's Greatest Champion and Export |
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Beautiful, sweet, and what a voice! Cindy Wilson of The B-52s!
Mark Mothersbaugh, Legendary Artistic Genius of Devo and a Multitude of Other Projects
  Jon King, Gang of Four, vocals, mesmerizing dancing and general onstage mayhem Hugo Burnham, Gang of Four, drums and percussion   Ted Leo, Gang of Four's brilliant guitarist Gail Greenwood, Gang of Four's Killer Bassist  Jerome Dupree, drummer of Morphine, w/Angie (photograph was lost in the shuffle for over a decade, returned to the public sphere 7/24/25) |
Sara Lee, former bassist of Gang of Four 
| Andy Gill, former Gang of Four, gone much too soon. R.I.P.
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| Outstanding Blues Guitarist Sue Foley w/John |
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John & Adam Duritz of Counting Crows 
Adam Duritz of Counting Crows rejects the proferred glass straw, my earliest celebrity straw pic, November 2012 outside the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles
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Godfather of British Blues, John Mayall
Guitar virtuoso Sonny Landreth
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