The tide is definitely turning in relation to plastic use in this country, and although the government seems to be getting on board but we are know how longs these things can take to get put through, which is why we need to keep putting pressure on our retailers etc so once again a big thank you to every one who has signed so far, please can you keep sharing on your social media and lets get to 200,000! For a bit more information I have added the below links, one regarding Michael Gove's discussion about plastic straws, and another talking about the work Asda are doing to reduce their plastic waste including switching the 2.4 million plastic straws used in its cafes each year to paper. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/22/michael-gove-reveals-plastic-straws-could-banned-britain/ https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/shopping/2018/02/asda-to-scrap-5p-plastic-bags