Starbucks is set to stop using plastic straws – which can enter the oceans and harm marine life – in all of its coffee shops across the world by 2020, replacing them with straws made from alternative materials, or lids that do not require straws. Environmental activists have been pressuring businesses to ditch plastic straws because they can end up in the ocean and hurt marine life. The move comes as part of a global push towards reducing single-use plastics such as straws, stirrers and lids.http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story@@ Other US cities, including New York and San Francisco, are believed to be considering similar bans. McDonald’s recently committed to using paper straws in the UK and Ireland by 2019.
Starbucks is set to stop using plastic straws – which can enter the oceans and harm marine life – in all of its coffee shops across the world by 2020, replacing them with straws made from alternative materials, or lids that do not require straws. The move comes as part of a global push towards reducing single-use plastics such as straws, stirrers and lids.http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story@@ Other US cities, including New York and San Francisco, are believed to be considering similar bans. McDonald’s recently committed to using paper straws in the UK and Ireland by 2019.