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title: "Ben and Jerry's Jumping on the No-Plastic Train"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/40e0e867-e33a-498c-b117-bd48e6766780
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/ben-and-jerrys-jumping-on-the-no-plastic-train-2709052
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2019-02-01T18:13:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:31:03.223Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/d1a2cdb62d85a325361c0fba8ebcf3dd9462.jpg
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# Ben and Jerry's Jumping on the No-Plastic Train

**TL;DR:** Ben & Jerry's will stop offering plastic straws and spoons by April 9, switching to paper straws and wooden spoons. The company is committed to exploring additional options to further reduce the use of disposable items.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-02-01. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/ben-and-jerrys-jumping-on-the-no-plastic-train-2709052).*

## Story

Ice cream chain Ben & Jerry’s will stop offering plastic straws and spoons by April 9, its Free Cone Day, according to a Delish report.

The company will proceed to only offer paper straws by request and is switching to wooden spoons, according to the article.

"In the short term, eliminating plastic straws and spoons is not going to save the world," Ben & Jerry's global sustainability manager Jenna Evans said, according to the article. "But it's a good start toward changing expectations. We're committed to exploring additional options to further reduce the use of disposable items."

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- sustainability (topic)
- Ben & Jerry's (company)
- eco-friendly (topic)
- plastic reduction (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/ben-and-jerrys-jumping-on-the-no-plastic-train-2709052). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/40e0e867-e33a-498c-b117-bd48e6766780).