{"id":27789,"date":"2018-03-16T14:20:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T14:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=27789"},"modified":"2018-03-16T14:20:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T14:20:52","slug":"students-persuade-30-firms-stop-using-plastic-straws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/16\/students-persuade-30-firms-stop-using-plastic-straws\/","title":{"rendered":"Students persuade 30 firms to stop using straws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PLASTIC straws will become a thing of the past if two Cardiff University students have anything to do with it.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Environmental geography students Nia Jones and Douglas Lewns have already persuaded 30 businesses to stop using them because of the harm they can do the environment. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They set up the No Straw Stand campaign\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">group to make it easy for people to lead more sustainable lives. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ms Jones said: \u201cWe are so proud that we\u2019ve managed to get 30 businesses on board and are excited to see how the sustainability movement grows in Cardiff.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The campaign is also working with Cardiff council to develop initiatives to inspire people and particularly school children to cut their use of single-use plastic. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friends of the Earth has introduced #PlasticFreeFriday to get people to stop using single-use plastic one day a week. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mike Pitt, a volunteer at Friends of the Earth Cardiff, said: \u201cStopping using straws or using reusable metal ones are much preferable options to substituting oil-based plastic straws with biodegradable plastic straws.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27795\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27795\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27795\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/garbage-2369821_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/garbage-2369821_960_720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/garbage-2369821_960_720-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/garbage-2369821_960_720-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/garbage-2369821_960_720-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/garbage-2369821_960_720-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/garbage-2369821_960_720-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27795\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/garbage-2369821_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/garbage-2369821_960_720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/garbage-2369821_960_720-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/garbage-2369821_960_720-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/garbage-2369821_960_720-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/garbage-2369821_960_720-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/garbage-2369821_960_720-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> Plastic pollution on a beach. Credit: Pixabay.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Experts say biodegradable can be a confusing term. Something might biodegrade on land, or in a special composting vessel, but \u00a0not necessarily biodegrade once it is in the ocean. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ms Jones and Mr Lewns helped get the Mexican chain restaurant Wahaca to stop using plastic straws. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A spokesperson for the restaurant said: \u201cLast year, we started the fight against single-use plastic with the launch of our Wahaca Test Kitchen in London, which trialled a no-plastic straws policy.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the success we have chosen to roll out the initiative nationwide from 2018. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt felt great to get back in touch with customers and groups such as the No Straw Stand, who had taken the time to get in touch in the past and encourage us to take such steps.\u201d <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to another campaign group, straws can take 200 years to break down. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLASTIC straws will become a thing of the past if two Cardiff University students have anything to do with it. 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