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title: "NRN: McDonald’s to Phase Out Plastic Straws in UK and Ireland"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/7df6f6df-57e2-4cb5-859e-c9b0158487a1
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/nrn-mcdonalds-to-phase-out-plastic-straws-in-uk-and-ireland-2706866
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
topics: ["Regulation & legal"]
published: 2018-06-18T16:11:26.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:31:26.975Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/015b672527e78f4dcb71e6a30852ab8d5232.jpg
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# NRN: McDonald’s to Phase Out Plastic Straws in UK and Ireland

**TL;DR:** McDonald's is replacing plastic straws with paper ones in 1,300 UK and Ireland restaurants. The transition is part of the franchise's ongoing effort to promote sustainability throughout its supply chain.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-06-18. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/nrn-mcdonalds-to-phase-out-plastic-straws-in-uk-and-ireland-2706866).*

## Story

McDonald’s is replacing plastic straws with paper ones in 1,300 restaurants throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, according to an article in Nation’s Restaurant News.

The transition will begin in September and is expected to complete before the end of 2019. Some McDonald’s restaurants in Belgium are also testing alternatives to plastic straws, and additional trials are planned for restaurants in the U.S., France, Sweden, Malaysia, Norway and Australia later this year.

The initiative is part of the franchise’s ongoing effort to promote sustainability throughout its supply chain.

“We hope this work will support industry-wide change and bring sustainable solutions to scale,” said Francesca DeBiase, McDonald’s executive vice president of global supply chain and sustainability.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- McDonald's (company)
- Nation's Restaurant News (publication)
- sustainability (topic)
- supply chain (topic)
- plastic straws (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/nrn-mcdonalds-to-phase-out-plastic-straws-in-uk-and-ireland-2706866). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/7df6f6df-57e2-4cb5-859e-c9b0158487a1).