To just want plastic straws back!

And yet little old England is trying to save the planet with paper straws and attaching the fecking bottle lid to the bottle.

Totally agree. It's pathetic really.

The lids attached to the bottle is an EU measure that we don't have to subscribe too. It annoys the hell out of me that having bloody gone through the hell of Brexit supposedly for amongst other reasons to be free of mindless EU bureaucracy - here we are with these stupid tethered lids.

I take great pleasure in breaking the tether and triming the lid so it can be used by everyone - including people in the house with mobility/dexterity issues.

I've seen a few threads on this issue here. I don't know how it isn't in breach of the equality act tb honest - disability and age.

I want screw-top plastic bottle caps that aren't attached by a bit of plastic back!

Exactly. I travel a lot - it always makes me laugh when people spend hours in the uk recycling a few jars to 'save the planet'.
The planet is quite a large place!

Hate hate paper straws. I've seen some boba places do eco friendly straws, they aren't plastic and not paper, but feel like plastic and don't disintegrate. Can't understand why many other places aren't using this alternative!! The paper boxes, aren't fit for purpose, my kebab is hanging on for dear life in those! Earth is defo not worth saving, those pesky ancestors of ours destroyed our earth and we are now suffering - light hearted of course...

I bought a huge box of these at a catering supply/cash&carry type place a few years ago and we are still working our way through them. They are fab, indistinguishable from plastic straws: I keep some in the glove box of the car so we don’t have to suffer paper straws 🙄

I do buy paper ones for my grandchild but even he struggles to drink out of them but I definitely won’t be buying him a metal one. Must check out the pasta ones (never heard of them) 😁

Exactly. Or if you like walking while having a coffee bring your keepcup. I have mine and its great. Keeps drinks cold or hot.
There is no excuse for keep buying drinks in single use plastic.

I definitely agree we need better solutions such as the type that feel like plastic but are biodegradable. The paper ones are useless and the reusable ones give me the ick. They are hard to clean properly and will be prone to mould which will be present before you actually taste it (and some of the disabled people that need them won’t be in a position to clean them). Luckily I don’t currently buy any drinks that require a straw.

@Malahide

Agree completely - especially for larger frozen drinks.

I bought a big sack of individually wrapped ones from Amazon and keep a couple in my bag.

But I like walking and drinking my skinny vanilla iced latte

Or we just get out of the habit of drinking whist walking?

I went to London a few weeks ago and had a Margaret a with a pasta tube stuck in it. Felt weird drinking it.

'Cheeky Panda' brand from Amazon are great. Contain bamboo as well so feel like really strong paper straws. They don't go soggy during the normal course of a drink and you can get wider ones for bubble tea and milkshake. Great stripey colours. The normal ones are in boxes of 250 for under £5. I don’t work for them, honestly...this is just a really good product that surpassed expectations and has made it onto my Amazon subscription list for the last 3 years.

I know awful

I mean it was a freak accident but something that could easily happen if you have a metal straw
I will stick with my plastic ones 😂😂

Gosh I watched that on YouTube, woman collapsed.. but I have heard of children running around with those metal straws in their mouths, doesn’t bare thinking about 😩

And I might not need one, but sometimes I want one.

https://theconversation.com/banning-straws-might-be-good-for-the-planet-but-bad-for-people-with-disability-or-swallowing-problems-what-is-eco-ableism-199183

Yes they do

Nobody needs a straw

I agree, I carry my own plastic cutlery in my handbag, in case I ever should need it, I bought them from good ole Wilkos when it closed down

You went made on reusable straws yet are still complaining about paper ones? Why not just use the reusable ones?

Seems even more wasteful to buy reusable ones and leave them at home and not use them?

I read a report that advised the amount of plastic in oceans/the wild/whatever that actually came from plastic straws was something like 0.05%, so yeah bring them back!! And don’t even get me started on food that ends up just tasting of wood!

There are huge texture issues - especially with wooden cutlery. Luckily most places have a metal spoon lying around. Ah yes! Metal cutlery - that weird stuff you can wash and reuse over and over again! I don't understand how wooden cutlery - clearly processed using plastic anyway - is supposed to be superior. And paper straws are frequently non-recyclable anyway. We used to have biodegradable "plastic" bags. I'm not sure why this technology can't be used for straws.

And they still give you sauce in plastic and drinks with plastic lids on top so the straws feel a worthless gesture anyway!

I only use them now and then for the Gdcs, but very glad I bought a mega multicoloured pack some years ago - I needed them for strengthening the legs of my first 🎄Nativity set knitted donkey!

I'm very into being as eco as I can, but paper straws aren't fit for purpose most of the time. I use a metal one with my McDonalds etc (and have a wider one for smoothies and shakes). My kids tend to suck their drinks out of the cartons directly now as paper ones dissolve. Great idea to reduce plastic, but they don't really work

Wooden cutlery tastes like eating your food off a park bench!