The 47th President is determined to ‘make straws great again’. President Donald Trump has said that he will sign an executive order “ending the ridiculous Biden push for paper straws, which don’t work”. Biden’s administration had been working towards a target to eliminate single-used plastic utensils like drinking straws by 2035 in government departments. But Trump […]

1 year ago

Is it one, two or none? You decide  A YouGov poll has divided opinion on social media after pollsters set out to answer one of the most schismatic questions of our times. Ranked alongside the ‘chicken or the egg’ conundrum, the debate over how many holes there are in a straw has long split opinion. […]

3 years ago

The UK uses 4.7 billion plastic straws per year Plastic straws, plastic drink stirrers and cotton buds with plastic stems will be banned from sale and use in the UK by April next year, the government has confirmed. Following the ban, food and drink outlets will be unable to display plastic straws or provide them […]

7 years ago

They will be replaced by a new recyclable strawless lid

8 years ago

It is part of a wider effort by the company to protect the environment McDonald’s has announced that from September it will begin the process of transferring to paper straws in all 1,361 of its restaurants. The company said the move comes following a trial that found that the majority of its customers support the […]

8 years ago