Why can't they just remove the lid and sip like from a cup ?

Heh, so they've thickened them after 'customer feedback' and now they're not recyclable (still biodegradable)!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49234054

But some customers were unhappy with the new straws, saying they dissolved before a drink could be finished, with milkshakes particularly hard to drink.

"As a result of customer feedback, we have strengthened our paper straws, so while the materials are recyclable, their current thickness makes it difficult for them to be processed by our waste solution providers, who also help us recycle our paper cups," a McDonald's spokesman said.
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Quote at the end from an environmentalist sums it up nicely:

"Lips have been a waste-free alternative to straws for millions of years."
 
Julian Kirby from Friends of the Earth has evidently never tried drinking a McDonalds milkshake from a cup.

It's like trying to drink an ice cream, as I found out last week when my paper straw fell to bits after the short drive home and I tried to drink it from the cup.
 
explicit4u said:
"Lips have been a waste-free alternative to straws for millions of years."
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It's what I've been saying all along, maybe strengthening the cups would have been a better option to strengthening the straws so people couldn't moan that they're too flimsy to sip from ?

Metal straws are of course an option, but it appears they are deadly, if you fall face first into one :eek:

https://www.livescience.com/65925-metal-straw-death.html

The woman, 60-year-old Elena Struthers-Gardner, was carrying a glass with a 10-inch-long stainless-steel straw when she fell and the straw impaled her eye, causing fatal brain injuries, according to the Daily Echo, a British newspaper.
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