McDonalds testing out a new lid. May be strawless soon.

Like Costa’s?

We’ve experienced this at McD’s in other countries. The lids are still plastic and they’re bigger/thicker than the old lids, so I don’t know how much plastic is really being saved.

I like straws. Id rather they went back to the paper cups instead of the plastic and let me have my straw

I keep straws in my car too! 😅

I want a straw. I've finally broken my habit of going through McDonald's for breakfast and a Diet Coke so it's been a while. If I did go through for just a Diet Coke, I'd be annoyed not to have a straw. If I did it regularly I'd have to keep one in the car.

It isn't the amount of plastic per say. It is the type of plastic. Straws were never made to be recycled.

My Starbucks and another fast food place give out biodegradable straws.

The lids are made of recyclable materias and then the straws biodegrade so they don't take up landfill space or go to the ocean to love forever.

Unless I get a blended drink, I like the sippy cup like lids.

I also have a collection of reusable straws I can use.

  A thousand times THIS.  I loathe paper straws.  

Fucking finally, I wish Dunkin would too.

I’m an adult I can drink a beverage without a straw but not thru the crossed slits in the middle of the lid.

A paper straw doesn’t even hold together for the duration of the beverage so with the hole in the middle I can’t drink it without removing the lid.

Starbucks had no issue switching, wawa got it together, it’s about time everyone got on board.

IF you want a straw with the new lids it should still fit. But the paper straws suck.

I had no issue with the waxy paper cups they used to have & have no issue if they all go back but I suspect the plastic was cheaper.

Hey, maybe it’ll all be “food” one day….
www.mlive.com/news/2022/10/michigan-tech-researchers-are-turning-plastic-waste-into-food-for-the-us-military.html?outputType=amp

^ ( I can’t wrap my head around this concept )

My selfish side wants the McDonald's Styrofoam cups back and with a straw.. that is what I like. The cup 'keeps' the drink fresh way longer.. almost all day. The clear cups does not. At all.

But I understand the need for better packaging. If I do get a drink there, I will pour it into my stainless steel cup and use a reusable straw. The Styrofoam cups that other places still use, I will save a few of them for refills. Some places give you a discount for reusing. Like Quick Trip.

Oh back to the lid thing.. sorry!! I don't mind the Starbucks ones so I probably be okay with the McDonald ones... I haven't seen them yet.

I want to say the drink stayed colder longer in the waxy paper cup but that might be a revised memory on my part.

Our McDonald's went to the waxy paper, which I felt were yuck, but then they switched to the clear plastic cups which are worse in keeping a drink cold.

I love their clear cups now and if they had a good lid like a Starbucks sip lid I'd like that. I really don't like straws, and often take the lid off to drink right out of the cup.

As long as the Coke and Sprite never change the way they taste! Oh man - nothing hits like a McD's Coke on a hot day!

I only order small size.  I do not want a quart of pop!   Sometimes it's really hard to get them to give me a small.  I don't want a large!  

All of our McDonald's have the new lids and I hate them. I think they know that people don't like them because they are still handing out straws with each drink LOL

I don't want to drink my Diet Coke through the equivalent of a sippy cup.

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Messed up the quote, I always struggle with those. Tried to fix it, made it worse so deleted it. Anyway ask for the lid they use on a cold brew/cold foam. It is like a sip lid and they don't give straw, at least at my store, I always have to get a straw because I find it easier to drink in car plus I stir with it.