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Environment & Energy

lordsummerisle

(4,651 posts) Fri Jun 15, 2018, 08:51 AM Jun 2018

McDonald's to switch to paper straws in UK after customer campaign

theguardian.com

One step at a time...

McDonald’s will end the use of plastic straws in its British restaurants next year, after nearly half a million people called on the company to ditch them.

The decision by the US fast-food chain to switch from plastic to paper straws follows a trial at a number of outlets in the past two months. The firm uses around 1.8m straws a day in the UK.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/15/mcdonalds-to-switch-to-paper-straws-in-uk-after-customer-concern