There was a report in the Herald today about Ullapool, where they are no longer using plastic straws. The local primary school children have been lobbying local businesses (they got the idea from a primary school in Glasgow, apparently) and have persuaded them to stop issuing straws, or else use non-plastic ones (remember paper straws?) and, as it's a tourist hot-spot, perhaps the idea will spread further. Maybe we should all suggest it to our DGC so that other schools could do the same thing. There are few things more intimidating than a group of primary school children on a mission!