Do you remember the video that went viral in 2015 of a marine turtle with a straw in its nostril? This video sparked a global movement to reduce plastic straws. Our guest for today, Poch Espina, rode this wave and traded what could have been a stethoscope for steel straws. He founded Sip PH in 2016, an environmental enterprise that started with the aim to reduce the number of plastic straws we use daily. And since then, he co-founded Loop, a store that sells what they call “better goods,” like reusable food containers, cork yoga mats, and paper-based packaging. In this episode we talk about how it feels like emptying a 20ft container at the port, paying off a multi-million business loan, and dreaming bigger for the environmental and sustainability movement.