The pub chain’s decision to do away with straws is expected to cease 70m of them ending up in landfill or the sea every year. Here are some other plastics we perhaps could do withoutDrinkers heading to Wetherspoon’s for a tipple will hold to do without plastic straws from the close of this year as the cheap (and occasionally cheerful) tall-street pub chain does its bit to tackle the problem of global plastic pollution.
Following on the heels of companies such as Tesco,which last month announced it would cease selling its 5p single-use plastic bags, Wetherspoon’s senses the tide is turning against unnecessary plastics and claims that the dart will cease 70m plastic straws finding their way into landfill or the world’s oceans every year.
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Source: theguardian.com