Plastic glasses for pubs to improve safety

18/12/2008

THOUSANDS of special plastic glasses are to be handed out to pubs and clubs across Hartlepool as part of an on-going safety partnership.

The Safer Hartlepool Partnership hopes the polycarbonate glasses will reduce the number of accidental injuries, remove the opportunity for glass to be used as a weapon and help to maintain a cleaner environment.

The new glasses are harder to break than glass ones and will not produce sharp edges if they are broken.

Read full story at: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/teesvalley/3989275.Plastic_glasses_for_pubs_to_improve_safety/

Police crack down on Christmas violence

15/12/2008

CHRISTMAS crackdowns on violent crime and car thieves have been launched in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Thousands of plastic glasses are being handed out to pub landlords in the Vale of Glamorgan as part of a wide-ranging strategy to keep communities safe this Christmas.

Read full story at: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/12/15/police-crack-down-on-christmas-violence-91466-22476755/

Use plastic glasses on match days

29/11/2008

More than a dozen pubs around the KC Stadium have been asked by police to serve bottled beer in plastic glasses on Hull City match days.

...The Mail understands the letter, addressed from a PC Amanda Houchen, was sent to 14 licensed premises.

It explains how glass bottles were used as projectiles and as a result officers have asked that the bottles be dispensed into polycarbonate containers...

Read full story at: http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Use-plastic-glasses-match-days/article-510760-detail/article.html