Whole Foods to Eliminate Plastic Straws

Whole Foods Market will eliminate plastic straws from its stores in the U.S., U.K., and Canada by July 2019. It will remove plastic straws from Whole Foods Market-operated venues, including Allegro coffee bars, juice bars, and cafes. As a replacement for plastic straws, it will offer customers paper straws with frozen drinks or upon request.

Additionally, the grocer switched to smaller plastic bags in its produce department and is replacing hard plastic rotisserie chicken containers with new bags that use approximately 70 percent less plastic. The changes are estimated to reduce approximately 800,000 pounds of plastic per year. 

Related: Report: Whole Foods Has Highest Prices; Whole Foods to Relocate Northeast Headquarters.

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