I heard UK will ban to use drinking straws?

drinking straws
@youless (114117)
Guangzhou, China
April 22, 2018 9:09am CST
They are making such a plan and they have surveys for it. It seems many people agree to it because of the environmental issues. I am with it, too. But I think actually today people use more plastic bottles and this is a big waste than drinking straws. This is why I like to bring my drinking bottle when I go out. I don't find it troublesome and I feel glad to do something good for our environment.
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april
@april_ang (578)
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22 Apr 18
Hmmm... Yeah, plastic bottles are everywhere, they should be the main concern.. But I believe our fellow scientiest somewhere around the globe are thinking about how to make undisposable drinking straw.. Just like a coffee cup that can be eaten after using it..
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
23 Apr 18
That is so cool that we can eat the coffee cup. What a nice idea!
Jim Bauer
@porwest (112725)
• United States
22 Apr 18
Just what I wanted for lunch. My coffee cup. lol
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381815)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Apr 18
Plastic bottles need to be banned but I don't suppose they ever will be.
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
23 Apr 18
I even think the plastic bottles use more often than before. When I watch The Big Bang Theory, I can see they drink from plastic bottle all the time.
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
24 Apr 18
@JudyEv This makes me worried and I think that is the biggest problem needs to be solved.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381815)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Apr 18
@youless There must be millions upon millions of plastic bottles used every day.
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allen0187
@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
23 Apr 18
The whole world should ban or at least limit the use of plastic.
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
23 Apr 18
Limiting the use of plastic is much more practical.
allen0187
@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
23 Apr 18
@youless but still detrimental in the long run.
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
7 May 18
At restaurants I go to, they don't give you a straw. The straws are only given upon customers request. But I do request it because I don't want to drink from the lip of the cup that others been drinking too.
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
8 May 18
In fact the drinking straw is not so necessary for me.
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
8 May 18
@youless it is for me when I’m in public , at home no.
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caopaopao
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
23 Apr 18
Good for you. Plastic bags and plastic bottles are really harmful to the environment.
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
23 Apr 18
So I think it is better to use less plastic bags and bottles at first.
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caopaopao
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
23 Apr 18
@youless I really agree with you.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112725)
• United States
22 Apr 18
There are talks of replacing drinking straws in the States as well in certain states. I don't like the government imposing a law for such a thing. That being said, I am sure they can come up with a plastic cup lid that opens up much like a coffee cup does and lets you sip it.
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
23 Apr 18
The plastic bottles create most rubbish. They are worse than the drinking straws.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112725)
• United States
23 Apr 18
@youless I tend to agree. But there have been strong efforts to encourage recycling them. That being said, many of them do not get recycled unfortunately.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120547)
• United States
22 Apr 18
I wonder how hard it is to keep glass straws clean. I don't use straws at all.
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
23 Apr 18
I don't really think we have to use the drinking straws
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120547)
• United States
23 Apr 18
@youless It's better to use a straw for your teeth though if you drink anything but water.
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Silvermist
@silvermist (19701)
• India
22 Apr 18
Here in my country,I have not come across talks about banning the use of straws.
Nick R Thomas
@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
22 Apr 18
Plastic pollution is a huge problem. Unfortunately it is difficult to buy paper straws instead. I tried 4 stores last week, 3 of them major chains, and they only had plastic ones - 3 types in one shop!
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
23 Apr 18
In fact I prefer to drink it directly
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Nick R Thomas
@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
23 Apr 18
@youless It's said to be better for your teeth if you consume sugary drinks through a straw.
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Starmaiden
@Starmaiden (9308)
• Canada
23 Apr 18
I rarely ever use a straw. The only time I do is if I purchase a soda at SubWay, which is not often. I'm glad someone thought to put a ban on them. Other countries should follow.
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
23 Apr 18
In fact I also seldom use drinking straws.
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august
@august18 (3906)
• Tunisia
22 Apr 18
They are already banning plastic bags in my country. No wonder if the UK is banning drinking straws as well.
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
23 Apr 18
Here we can't get plastic bags for free when we go shopping. So people start to have habit to bring their own cloth bag. At least it creates less plastic bags.
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