More than a thousand establishments in 33 states have banned plastic tubing

A large grocery company with cafeterias on major university campuses in the USA, museums and other institutions is going to ban plastic tubing in all its facilities, the total number of which in the US state's 33 exceeds one thousand.

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Company Bon Appétit Management stated that it will gradually begin to impose a ban and by September 2019 of the year will completely abandon the use of plastic tubes. Instead, she is going to offer paper tubes to visitors who have physical features or “cannot” drink without straws.

McDonald'sFor example, it tests paper tubes in the UK and hides plastic tubes behind a rack. They can only be used upon request.

Bon appetitelocated in Palo Alto, Calif., purchased 16,8 million postpipe tubes and about 420 thousands of plastic mixers in the fiscal year that ends on August 31. Now that there is a gradual departure from plastic, the company has bought 9,1 million wood mixers.

«Мы подумали: «Мы должны что-то делать, — сказал генеральный директор Bon appetite Феделе Бауччио, — Нам нужна альтернатива».

He added that the new tubes consist of a compostable material, like cardboard, that does not become soft - a common problem with paper straws. Despite the fact that the rejection of the plastic tubes of the company will cost more, the customers will not be affected.

«Мы хотим правильно поступать по отношению к окружающей среде, — сказал Бауччио. — Надеюсь, это заставит других в отрасли следовать тому же принципу. Мы — большая компания и можем подавать пример».

On Monday, the European Union proposed new rules for reducing garbage in the oceans, including a ban on disposable plastic products, including cutlery, plates, tubes and mixers.

By some estimates, Americans are throwing out 500 millions of plastic straws per day. The movement against plastic, which is constantly growing, has become more active after the video, published three years ago. In that video, they showed a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nose.

With a poet Walt Disney World banned plastic straws in some of its theme parks, and the Smithsonian Institution took steps to eliminate them from its museums. Even celebrities have responded to this video: actor Adrian Grenier and defender Seattle Seahawks Russell Wilson refers to those who oppose the use of plastic straws.

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