The planet is slowly dying thanks to our damage to its fragile ecosystems, but the real tragedy of our time is McDonald's replacing plastic straws with paper alternatives.
Obviously we're kidding, but there are a LOT of people who angry at the decision. So much so, there's even a petition to prove it .
Much like Sir David Attenborough himself, it seems the fast food chain's plastic straws have achieved "national treasure" status. At least, that would go some way to explain the outrage.
Capitalising on this is one cheeky eBay seller, who is flogging a Maccy D's plastic straw to the tune of £1,000.
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The product description reads: ""Brilliant uncirculated brand new McDonald's straw this is soon to become the stuff of legend, imagine your about 50 years older than you are now, telling your grandchildren how you got given plastic straws from McDonald's and they will look up to you like god!"
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In addition to thinking there's someone foolish enough to pay £1k for a straw, the seller is also encouraging others to sign the petition to bring plastic straws back.
McDonald's decision to remove plastic straws from its branches in the UK - last year this amounted to 1.8 million plastic straws which is a considerable amount of non-recyclable refuse.
