0 Have your say A North East pub group is serving up greener drinks, after ditching plastic straws in favour of an eco-friendly alternative. Pub Culture, the company behind The Engine Room and The Peacock and both Sunderland and Jesmond Dun Cow pubs, has called time on plastic straws in a bid to go green.The chain, which buys more than 20,000 straws every month, has introduced paper straws across its venues, after learning more about the harmful impact plastic straws can have on the environment. The move has been backed by the Green Party’s deputy leader Amelia Womack, who was impressed to learn that the venue has scrapped the plastic during an impromptu visit to The Engine Room in High Street West, last month. The directors of Pub Culture abandoned the pub chain’s use of plastic straws after being shocked by a hard-hitting TV programme and they say that their customers have been hugely supportive of the move away from plastic straws.Operations director, Joe Smith, explained: “We all know that some types of plastic are very harmful to the environment, but often small things like straws seem inconsequential.“The reality is that they add up, and the impact on the environment… Read full this story
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