Why plastic straws are being axed by McDonald’s

Fast-food giant to replace single-use plastic straws with paper ones from September as environmental fears grow

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McDonald’s has announced that it will switch to using only paper straws in all of its UK and Ireland branches, amid a worldwide push to encourage corporations to phase out plastic straws.

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