This month’s catch up…
Diageo and Bacardi
prompt straw backlash
Gorilla Events has committed to axe the plastic
straw, as a movement gains momentum.
In line with the Last Straw Campaign, the
company will be cutting approximately 200,000
plastic straws per year out of circulation.
Gorilla will favour the biodegradable paper
straw, which will be available on request at any of
its bars from March 2018.
“We are more than aware of the amount of
waste generated from single use plastic straws
and therefore wish to join the likes of Diageo and
Bacardi in banning plastic straws in a conscious
effort to help change what our industry is
currently massively contributing towards,” said a
Gorilla spokesperson.
The Final Straw campaign hopes that all
festivals will sign up to ban the plastic straw by
Earth Day on 22 April.
#TheLastStraw hashtag has been set up to
encourage people to make a conscious effort to
choose compostable or reusable alternatives to
plastic.
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“I’ve always had
an interest in
light and nature,
from watching
raindrops
run along car
windows and
refracting,
through to light
rays in a forest.”
AMELIA KOSMINSKY,
Lighting tec