Researchers found low concentrations of so-called forever chemicals in various “eco-friendly” straws, raising doubts about whether they’re an appropriate alternative.

  • @[email protected]
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    611 year ago

    Strongly recommend hay straws (like, made of “straw”).

    They’re better than paper in that they don’t sog up. They’re inconsistent in size but that has never bothered me. A little flimsy, but I stir iced drinks with them all the time.

      • @Just_Pizza_Crust
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        1 year ago

        They don’t have any taste even if you chew on them a bit. The box does have a slight shrub odor, but it doesn’t seem to be present when using them.

    • @[email protected]
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      81 year ago

      Holy shit why didn’t anyone think of this before lol

      Well straw can easily split. Don’t know how I feel like spending $5 on grass. 🙄

      • Cethin
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        -81 year ago

        Do we really need more sugar? We already have too much sugar in our diets. Why make straws into sugar too?

        • brianorca
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          71 year ago

          They make the straw from parts of the sugar cane plant that don’t contain sugar. (After using the other parts to make sugar.)

          • setVeryLoud(true);
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            31 year ago

            Correct :)

            It’s basically made of wood pulp.

            I do love people’s knee jerk reaction at the word “sugar”. I don’t think they’ve ever seen a sugar cane, they’re probably imagining this:

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          51 year ago

          Sugar cane, silly, not candy cane :)

          It’s wood pulp, there is almost zero sugar in a sugar cane once they’re done extracting the cane sugar out of it, which is when it can be re-used to do other things.

          It’s made of bagasse (sugarcane fibers, basically wood pulp) and binders like PLA and is entirely compostable.

          • Cethin
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            21 year ago

            I figured it was made from the sugar from sugar cane, but it seems that it is just the cane from the sugar cane. I have seen sugar straws, so my bad.