2 weeks Ago By Sammy Heung
Some residents aired their frustrations online over the alternatives with pictures of broken knives, soggy paper straws and flat wooden spoons circulating widely. Others argued an easy fix to the problem would be for everyone to bring their own cutlery. 06:03 Testing out eco-friendly utensils for takeaway food under Hong Kong’s single-use plastic ban The first phase of the ban prohibits the sale and distribution of styrofoam food containers and single-use plastics such as straws and cutlery.
Single-use plastics are no longer provided to restaurant patrons dining in. Authorities have given residents and businesses a six-month grace period to adapt. The Post has tested several types of non-plastic utensils with popular takeaway foods for you.
Out of the several bubble tea shops we visited in Causeway Bay, most of them were still giving out plastic straws, which is allowed under the six-month period. We ordered two cups of bubble tea from two shops that provide non-plastic straws. One uses straws made of coffee grounds with the durability similar to plastic ones.
Its shape and texture remained the same two hours after it was put in the drink. The other shop provides paper straws which are less durable than plastic ones. One end was also pointed which we assumed was for poking through the cup’s plastic sealing film.
But it easily became blunt when we tried to do so. We had to ask the staff to pierce the film with a stainless steel tool. The paper straw started to become soggy.
