Wetherspoons bans plastic straws

BusinessGreen staff
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Pub chain will switch to using biodegradable paper straws across the UK and Ireland by the end of this year

JD Wetherspoons has announced it will stop using plastic straws across its 900 pubs in the UK and Ireland by the end of this year, in a bid to curb plastic pollution. Instead it will switch to biodegradeable...

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