Pubs urged to switch to plastic glasses
ALL Scunthorpe's town centre venues should adopt plastic glasses, officials have said.
The call comes just after the Home Office announced plans to ban pint glasses outright and replace them with shatterproof plastic versions.
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SMASHING: Zest Bar's Patience Roberts pours a pint of lager in a polycarbonate glass.
The Government claims the move will help curb the number of violent attacks where broken glasses are used as a weapon.
A number of local bars and pubs are ahead of the game, with the safety vessels first introduced in December last year.
Numbers of glassings halved immediately, with two throughout December 2008 and January 2009 compared with five in the same period the pervious year.
According to anecdotal evidence supplied by police, numbers have remained very low since.
Pc Steven Turner, licensing officer, said the plastics, known as polycarbonates, were popular with police and licensees.
"We are trying to encourage more and more premises to adopt them, obviously we can't force them and appreciate it does cost a fair bit to change over.
"But once they're bought the indication is that pubs benefit, because with glass more has to be spent on renewing stock, replacing dance floors and there are fewer breakages.
"They're much safer for staff as well.
"I think the only problem has been that not everything the venues use comes in a plastic version yet."
So far polycarbonates have been embraced at Love2Love and Studio 25, The Showboat, Der Schnapps Bar and Zest, all of which are based in Scunthorpe town centre.
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8 Comments
by leanne, scunny
Monday, August 31 2009, 1:00PM
“love the sippy cup comment! so true!”
by Wayne Kerr, Barton
Thursday, August 27 2009, 7:53PM
“Another retarded comment from wiggy: " anyone gets glassed in a pub..simple..close the pub.."
Wrong and dumb on so many levels.”
by Phil Anthropist, Scunny
Thursday, August 27 2009, 2:16PM
“Another "nanny" intervention bringing everyone down to the lowest common denominator. Why should the majority have to compromise because of the mindless few. 3 strikes rule should apply to the licensee, it's their responsibility to provide a safe environment for their customers. Too many incidents, take away their license.”
by wiggy, scunny
Thursday, August 27 2009, 12:01PM
“you couldn't make it up...keep the pint glass...anyone gets glassed in a pub..simple..close the pub..why do the authorities always give in to Schnapps and all the other dives pathetic ideas ??”
by Old Timey Guy, Hicksville
Thursday, August 27 2009, 11:31AM
“I say ban all pubs and give every home which applies their own still or even micro brewery. Then all pubs can be turned into community hubs were everyone can meet and have a chat over a nice cuppa and a Rich Tea biscuit.”
by old days, ashby
Thursday, August 27 2009, 7:57AM
“whats wrong with the big mugs, they didn't break easily when you whacked some one,
maybe they're too heavy for the kiddies today, tippy cups next what is this world coming to”
by g, scunny
Thursday, August 27 2009, 7:53AM
“glassing incidents are down, we just use the bottles now, you get the desired effect without glass going every where, no need for the government to waste huge amounts of time and money banning glasses get started on running the country properly”
by Jack, Revelstoke, BC
Thursday, August 27 2009, 6:34AM
“"So far polycarbonates have been embraced at Love2Love and Studio 25, The Showboat, Der Schnapps Bar and Zest, all of which are based in Scunthorpe town centre"....all of which are absolute dives, that let in so many under 18s they need plastic mugs!
Keep the pint glass!”