Shem Banbury - Kiwi Kids News Editor
McDonalds has become the latest company to say they are going to stop using plastic straws.
The fast food restaurant will only use paper ones in all its UK and Ireland restaurants, starting from September.
They say they use 1.8 million straws a day in the UK!
But McDonalds say the ban wont happen worldwide yet.
Plastic straws can only be used once and most end up in landfill and the oceans.
Let’s hope McDonald’s New Zealand stops using plastic straws soon too.
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19 Responses
sad i like them
sad i love to drink with straws sorry uk
sorry uk i hope you get them back soon
Yea, us Kiwis should stop using plastic straws
That is great finally you worry about the ocean Mcdonald’s
It took McD’s this long. Sad
Now let’s do this in NZ
yay no more straw in MC Donald new Zealand too
why paper straws they break apart when touching liquid
good for the sea life
Yes that is great news to hear. We definetly need to start making chsnges before it too late and ruin our beautiful earth
this is a good idea because they are bad for the enviroment
save the sea
wow thats awesome
who is saying sooo sad bc it is not sad it is great the first country to do paper straws to save the envviroment
plastic isnt fantastic so ban the straws . you will make a change
Really good for the environment that their banding plastic straws
Save the world polution
good for the enviroment so it not a bad idea
That is just crazy