This week, Environment Secretary Michael Gove announced measures
to ban single-use plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds.
Michael Gove is technically doing something good
but he's got such an unfortunate face, hasn't he?
His face actually looks like it's been recycled.
The measures are set to come into effect in April 2020
and will be extended to include plastic plates
and cutlery the following year.
There will come a point where plastic
is the most exciting contraband.
"What you got, bruv?" "Got some mid '90s Tupperware!"
OK, Ranganation, first of all,
hands up if you're in favour of these measures.
OK, so almost universal.
Surprised, guys, by that?
Well, I think obviously, we have to save the planet
and in a hurry and we might too late.
So if anything I'm surprised that a single Ranganation member
would vote against that.
Can I jump in? Of course you can, Lord Dave.
So what's the deal with the straws?
Were you wearing glasses last time? No, I wasn't.
And you've got a beard now. Are you trying to become me?
What's going on with the new look?
Just changing it up. What do you think?
What do I think? Yeah. You look like you're in Guess Who!
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What do you want to say, Lord Dave?
So the straws, right, that's a big issue,
because when you're going to McDonald's, for example,
they get soggy in the milkshake.
So can we just keep the straws?
Oh, come off it!
If I felt that strongly about it I'd buy one
of these stainless steel ones and just take it with me.
But then you have to be the person
that carries a straw around with them.
We carry our phones with us, we carry loads of stuff.
If I was sat at a meal with a mate
and a drink arrived and he goes, "I know exactly what to do!"
Yes, Comic Book Guy.
I was at a bar and they had wax straws.
It might have been a candle.
Yeah.
I wasn't complaining.
How was to it drink with?
It was good, it was all right,
it wasn't as soggy as I thought it would be.
And I thought it was just a genius idea. There you go.
Look at that, get some wax straws in your life.
Hang on, there's a reason why they're called straws,
because they used to be made of straw!
And when I was a boy in Spain,
you got a soft drink and you got a straw straw.
OK, I don't know if that's going to catch on.
Why not? We used to.
Who here in the Ranganation thinks, believes,
that they use a lot of plastic themselves.
So that's most of you, I would say.
We all do it.
It is within everything that we buy.
Even the clothes that you buy.
That is a very good point, Eyal but, just saying,
while you're talking, you're not note-taking!
Apparently enough plastic is thrown away every year
to circle the world four times.
At the current rate, pieces of plastic
will outnumber fish in the ocean by 2050.
Katherine, what's your take on this?
I keep all my plastic in my face and tits!
You know me...
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And by the way, the environment thanks you!
That's amazing. I can't be buried at sea. But...
When I first came to the UK from Canada, 12 years ago,
I couldn't believe the disparity.
We had composting and it was mandatory
and it wasn't something you even thought about.
I know that the UK has gotten better,
but there's a long way to go.
It has to come from the top, it has to be mandatory.
No plastic straws for any of you!
Natasia, is this ban going to affect you in any way?
I need to be whipped. We all do.
I think you might have misunderstood the ban.
Do you know what the problem is?
We're generating so much plastic garbo.
Eco Vegan, you must be very passionate about this.
I have taken up plogging. Plogging?
Plogging, which is running and picking up litter.
Running and picking up litter.
That is brilliant, that's really good.
That's excellent. I think that's brilliant.
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I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
Lord Dave, I'm not having it.
"Why can't we have the plastic straws in McDonald's?"
Now you're applauding Eco Vegan?
You're a hypocrite, mate.