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Boutique lodge in Cape Town joins the #refusethestraw movement

That’s another popular company to stop serving drinks with plastic straws. And it begs the question – why are more places not doing this?

Boutique lodge in Cape Town jo

In an attempt to back the global ‘straw war’, Tintswalo Atlantic has banned all plastic straws on its Chapman’s Peak site.

The luxury boutique lodge situated on a pebbled beach at the foot of the Table Mountain National Park is an award-winning, family-owned establishment.

Owner, Lisa Goosen supports the lodge’s decision to ban all plastic straws from Tintswalo Atlantic, stating that their proximity to the ocean made their decision that much easier.

Goosen says, “Our location right on the Atlantic Ocean, where we witness amazing sea life every day, constantly reminds us about the vulnerability of nature and we feel very strongly about supporting the environmental campaign to stop using plastic straws to help save the oceans.

Apart from the use of glass straws in the hotel, it is also a popular gift item offered for sale in the hotel gift shop.”

The #refusethestraw movement is slowly making its way across South Africa, as restaurants and establishments are promising to stop offering straws with drinks served.

Also read: Port Elizabeth eateries ban plastic straws

According to a recent article by Brand South Africa, each day, around the world, more than 500 million drinking straws are used and then discarded. Few of these are recycled, meaning that most of these end up in landfill and make their way to the ocean.

Brand South Africa reported that upon inspection of the stomach contents of a sea turtle, Marine Conservation Institute scientists found more than a hundred drinking straws, as well as plastic bags, cigarette butts and plastic bottle tops in the turtle’s stomach.

Goosen adds, “According to National Geographic, although straws amount to a tiny fraction of ocean plastic, their size makes them one of the most insidious polluters because they entangle marine animals and are consumed by fish.”

Also read: Massimo’s amazing effort to get rid of plastic is an example worth following

It really is time for restaurants to reconsider their use of plastic straws and to join the #refusethestraw revolution.