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In May last year, McDonald's made an important decision: more than 1,300 McDonald's across the UK stopped using single-use plastic straws and switched to paper straws, which they hoped would minimize the harm plastics cause to the environme.
At the time, McDonald's UK CEO Paul Pomroy said in an interview with Sky News, "The plastic straws used by McDonald's are actually recyclab.
McDonald's UK CEO Paul Pomroy
At that time, this behavior of McDonald's received a lot of praise!
At that time, this behavior of McDonald's received a lot of praise! At that time, this behavior of McDonald's received a lot of praise!After a lapse of one year, many customers complained to McDonald's that these paper straws are not easy to u.
However, on August 5, McDonald's suddenly admitted that the paper straws it used were too thick to be recycled and disposed of, and could only be treated as general waste by burni.
A new round of discussion has been sparked by McDonald's stra.
What kind of straw should be used, which is more environmentally friendly, paper or plastic?
Some fans believe that cutting down trees to make straws is not an environmentally friendly behavior, and besides straws and plastic cups, are they all replaced with paper?
Some fans think some fans think"It's good to be environmentally friend.
Some netizens said, "The raw material used for paper straws is tre.
Of course, there are also fans who support paper straw.
Of course, there are also fans who support paper straws , of course, there are fans who support paper straws
In response to this problem, a McDonald's spokesperson said that it has improved the material of the paper stra.
A McDonald's spokesman said
Straws are an examp.
Does recyclability depend only on material?
In theory, almost all materials are recyclable, and there is nothing completely unusab.
If it is not economically feasible, it is possible to do short-term activities, but it is unsustainable in the long-te.
In fact, straws can be recycled, but the extensive use of straws leads to a very scattered distributi.
Some people disagree with McDonald's statement that paper straws are too thick to be recycl.
And Transcend Packaging, maker of McDonald's paper straws, explained that recyclable material doesn't mean it can be recycled anywhere, and it also requires infrastructure support from businesses and local authorities, who are working with recycling companies while improving straws , to coordinate the recycling process at all levels
, a material being recyclable does not mean that it can be recycled anywhere, it also requires the support of the infrastructure of businesses and local authorities who, while improving straws, are also working with recycling companies to coordinate the recycling process at all levels
Subsequent recycling and disposal were not fully considered, and problems were discovered after the product was launche.
Subsequent recycling and disposal were not fully considered, and the problem was discovered after the product was launch.
The subsequent recycling and disposal was not fully considered, and the problem was discovered after the product was launch.
This may bring potential problems to the public waste management system, resulting in higher community disposal cost
