McDonalds to replace plastic straws with paper

In an effort to cut down marine pollution, a petition filed by nearly half a million people has led to the ditching of plastic straws by the fast food chain, McDonald's in its UK restaurants. McDonald's will start replacing plastic straws with paper straws from September to ensure a phase-out by 2019 in the UK. Other fast food chains like Costa Coffee, Weatherspoons and Pizza Express have also switched to paper straws.