McDonald's has announced a bold move that has not gone down with favourites of the fast food giant.
Bosses said McDonald's is now axing plastic cutlery, replacing them with paper ones instead. The widespread swap will hit all UK restaurants.
The new cutlery is made from renewable, FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified pressed-paper.
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Nina Prichard, head of sustainable and ethical sourcing at McDonald's, said: "As a business, we're committed to taking action on packaging and waste and increasing our use of sustainable materials. We're pleased to announce another step forward in eliminating single-use plastics and it's great to be switching our famous McFlurry spoons to this new paper-based material."
However, many diners have been left disappointed by the move, Birmingham Live reports. Taking to Twitter, Holly said: "Eating with your hands would be more successful than paper cutlery. Their paper straws are beyond a joke and fall apart whilst using them. Just use a lid with a hole to sip your drinks instead. As for paper cutlery, I'd be more inclined to keep a proper set in the car if I knew the alternative was paper."
Jeff said: "Paper straws don’t work why should forks and knives?", while Alistair said: "Paper straws complete waste of time, paper and liquid don't mix."
LG said: "Paper straws are bad enough how do you eat with paper cutlery." Callum said: "Maccies using paper spoons as well as straws now is criminal", and Fem said: "Must abolish the paper straws. Ruined my entire day when I got one sip before it disintegrated."
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