The fast food titan is looking to move away from plastics, but the transition will not be an easy one.
Spokesperson for McDonald's says advice to put paper straws in general waste bins is only temporary.
In 2018, the fast food giant announced it would commence a phased roll-out of paper straws in the region, aimed at cutting down on the use of plastics.The newspaper cited an internal memo which said that the paper straws were not currently recyclable and should therefore be placed in general waste bins "until further notice."
The spokesperson described this as a wider industry issue, adding that "the infrastructure needed to recycle has not kept pace with the emergence of paper straws."who told BBC Radio Wales
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