To just want plastic straws back!

I get the frustration, but I don't want them back, get some reusable/travel straws
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All of you saying that banning straws is saving the planet, please report back with the actual data drive difference it has made.

Or wait don’t… I don’t want to lose a stream of profit in my retirement plan.

It is about the straws but its also about the social messaging and government messaging to businesses that we are to be seen to move away from single use.

Since the straw ban, how many more places are using biodegradable food packaging?

The planet can't go to fuck because it inconveniences you to make a minor adjustment to your life to make it bearable. Just carry the bloody cutlery. The planet doesn't care that you feel entitled to a free straw.

You do realise that plastic drinking straws are absolutely irrelevant in the planet's production of plastic waste? For starters, there's more plastic in the plastic lids that they put on the cups than the bloody straws ever had.

It was purely a symbolic thing that some environmentalist celebs cooked up to make them feel warm and fuzzy inside.

I’ve just ordered a bumper pack of plastic straws on the back of this thread. Fuck it.

My retirement gig is going to be selling illicit items. So far I’m up the Straws and incandescent light bulbs.

I’ll let you all know when I open “Saltine’s straw and lightbulb emporium”. I imagine myself at clubs and restaurants wearing a long coat and sunglasses in the corner saying “psst buddy.. you looking for something 👀 .. I can hook you up… bendy or straight? I got something in a 75 watt if straws aren’t your thing”

I have some good quality paper straws for when really needed, rarely. I'm happy to sacrifice the plastic straw convenience for the sake of the turtles and other wildlife. At least I know it's one less straw that can get stuck up a poor turtles nose each time.

Paper straws are not fit for purpose - they’re useless

Why,though, are the paper straws on the outside of small drinks cartons packaged in little clear plastic packets?

Studies continually give differing results and no conclusive answers. Hot food appears to be a massive issue and can cause levels to exceed those allowed for coeliacs to consume food safely.

Silicone straws.
Metal give me the shudders thinkinf about them.

I’m all for recycling. I even tolerate subway’s manky cardboard salad box, but straws. Bring back plastic straws. I rarely have drinks that require straws but we were stuck at an airport a few weeks ago, thirsty and hungry, and I was really looking forward to washing down my quarter pounder with cheese with an ice cold Diet Coke. I slurped once, ok, I can do this, by the third slurp, I have removed the lid and drank from the cup. So disappointing.

We still use them , buy them on Amazon and carry some with us in the car and in bags

I agree, allergens need to be disclosed. I would ask this every time if I have a celiac child/ relative.

The only time you don't want a plastic staw is capri sun ( evil engineering) or a McDs milkshake. Or any type of frappe thingies.

All those scuffing at straws I imagine having big milky moustache. I don't see anyone necking milkshakes.

I have bamboo, silicone and paper straws. Never when I need them on me.

Both can be consumed without straws….

Silicone straws beat plastic, cardboard, steel, glass. Reusable, soft and don’t leave a horrible metal taste. May have bought 5000 single use plastic straws the week before they were “banned”… in all honesty - almost all in the cupboard still since we got the silicone ones. Also HATE plastic tops attached to the bottles. It. Does. Not. Work!!! I bet supermarkets like - since adding these bottle tops, we now sell 40% more fizzy drinks… let me explain why… COS 40% is wasted and goes flat unintentionally and that’s NOT OK! Rant over.

Another vote for the solid compostable ones please !
I bought a frappe on a whim the other day as a treat and it was an infuriating experience ! I walked a whole 10min to my train before I started drinking it, and the paper straw had already started to disintegrate. And the guy had somehow filled the cup past its rim and halfway up the dome thing so I couldn't take the lid off and just drink it without wearing half of it (and besides, drinking iced drinks without a straw makes my teeth hurt). I do have some reusable straws at home that I occasionally remember to put in my bag, but then I use them, wash them, and forget to put them back.

Absolutely. This causes my daughter huge anxiety.

Do you even care that the earth is going to hell in a hand-cart?!

Imagine the millions of plastic straws in landfill.... If you want to add more you're an idiot.

Before the ban came in, I went on a mission and went round as many shops as I can, even ones I had never been in and I also bought on eBay and Amazon, thousands of plastic straws to stockpile.

I cannot abide paper, metal or silicone straws. Only plastic ones suffice.