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If paper straws are bad for the planet, what else aren’t they telling us?

Last weekend I hoped to give my daughter one of the formative experiences of any British childhood: her first Capri Sun. The orange squash, packed in a space-age foil pouch, has been a feature of lunch boxes for more than 50 years. As she looked on expectantly, I took the straw from the side of the packet and went to pierce the hole with the sharp end.

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