Aldi removes plastic straws from all own-label drinks cartons

The drinks now come with a paper straw that is fully recyclable and made from FSC-certified cardboard.

The change will remove 70 million plastic straws from circulation – equating to more than 100 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic each year.

Richard Gorman, plastics and packaging director at Aldi UK, said: “Removing plastic straws from own-brand drinks cartons is another step in our journey to reducing plastic packaging across our products.

“Our customers want environmentally-friendly products, and plastic straws are one thing, in particular, that people want to move away from to help make a difference.”

Last week Sainsbury’s announced it was removing plastic straws from its own-brand range of lunchbox juice cartons – removing 18.5 million plastic straws and 6.6 tonnes of single-use plastic from circulation each year.