Yes I read Grab - and although it states 'high-energy pubs and clubs' who is to say they won't eventually roll it out throughout the lot! It only takes someone to say "What a good idea overall!" Sorry, but I've seen it happen in other places.

I am NOT in the habit of signing things I haven't read first - or checking my sources before passing them on. Surely the pub trade knows what it's talking about on this one (though that was not my initial source). And before you ask - Yes, I HAVE worked in some rough pubs before now, along with some quiet ones where people would be horrified at the thought of plastic.

Quote from petitioners:-
This petition has been started by the pub trade paper The Morning Advertiser on behalf of its readers. The trade is extremely concerned at calls from the Association of Chief Police Officers for glass bans to be introduced in high-energy pubs and clubs. We feel a targeted approach - where polycarbonate glasses were only introduced on a venue-by-venue basis - would be fairer. We believe it is wrong to disadvantage the entire pub trade because of poor management at certain establishments.