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There’s been an ongoing movement to reduce the use of soft plastic sipping straws. Straws are killing our sea life and destroying the environment at an alarming rate.
Local establishments, chain restaurants and individuals can make an active difference by encouraging our local hangouts to #refusethestraw and offer practical alternatives.
If you want to make a small lifestyle change with a big impact, consider reminding your favourite place to not give you a straw, bring your own metal, glass or bamboo option, or frequent restaurants that don’t use any harmful plastic straws (like our list below).
Ongoing list:
If you know of a restaurant, coffee shop, bar or retailer that is refusing plastic straws please email us. Be sure to include if they have completely banned plastic straws and/or if they have reusable straws for use.
Cape Town:
Abode (Biscuit Mill)
Beetbox (Mojo Market, Seapoint)
Ground Art Cafe
Harvest Cafe
Shop Zero, Woodstock
The Jar Bar (Online store)
Sushi Box
The Wild Fig, Mowbray
Southern Suburbs:
Faith Juice, Noordehoek
Hang 10, Muizenberg
Whole Earth Cafe, Scarborough
Sirocco, Kalk Bay
Live Bait, Muizenberg
Cape Town Surounds:
Schoon Bakery, Somerset West
Four Cousins Restaurant, Robertson
Vygevallei Farmstall, Malmesbury
Durban and East Coast:
Parc. Cafe, Glenwood
Arts Café, Glenwood
The Waffle House, Ramsgate
The Barn Owl, KZN
Nina’s Real food, Jeffreys Bay
In Food Bakery and Deli, Jeffreys Bay
Sanook Cafe, East London
Sanook Eatery, East London
Cantina and Craft, East London
Johannesburg and Pretoria:
Unpacked Living
Beira Alta at Montecasino
Gravity Cafe, Linden
Chalkboard Cafe, Maboneng
La Coco C, Pretoria East
Chains:
Afros
If you are keen to buy your own, you can find different options at these places:
Reusable straws
Faithful to Nature
Metal straws
Foreva straws
Glass straws
Bamboo Straws
We Care Collective
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