Paper Straws
Posted by: r23
13th Jan 2024 09:58pm
Hi folks,
What are your thoughts on paper straws. Do you think they are actually environmental friendly? Do you think they are efficient enough and do a good job ?
What are your thoughts on paper straws. Do you think they are actually environmental friendly? Do you think they are efficient enough and do a good job ?
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funnysag
They are better than plastic however if everyone carried their own straws for drinking like a metal straw
kidwithsmurf
My thoughts are, we should do away with straws altogether where possible. If you can't do away with straws, everywhere should sell reusable straws. Reusable straws aren't fully the answer. However, they are less likely to end up being thrown away, going into landfill or the environment/water ways. I believe that reusable straws would work like the one bag for good at the supermarket. This is because people these days are being trained to take one bag shopping and therefore would get used to taking one straw everywhere. If need be, you could buy a couple of reusable straws and keep one in the car, one in your house and one at work for example. That way you always have one and don't need to buy another because you forgot it.
Likewise, with reusable straws, most people these days are crazed on Stanley/Yeti cups that have the lid with the straw built in. This would work like the reusable straw, except you just buy a Stanley/Yeti and pour all your drinks into it. This would further solve the need to use any kind of straw that could damage our environment/water ways or end up in landfill.
Further more, I'm pro reusable straw because according to a bbc.com article, paper straws contain more "forever chemicals" – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS – than plastic. This means even though paper straws are more biodegradablek, the forever chemicals in them are detrimental to our water supplies, environment and can cause a slew of health issues. Likewise, a paper straw lasts for two or three sips before you either throw it away, get a new straw or just start drinking without a straw. Therefore, if you need multiple paper straws per drink, then the forever chemicals will outweigh the benefits of the straw being biodegradable in the first place.
Overall, I'm not saying go out and start using plastic straws again, but paper could be just as bad even though they biodegrade. Hence, as per above, I'm pushing for more reusable straws or Stanley/Yeti straw lid cups to be used as I believe paper straws do not serve their purpose adequately enough and aren't as environmentally friendly as they are marketed.
harry31626210
I write this answer as I sit in a cafe, sipping iced tea through my first ever paper straw.
The first impression was good. Before I put it to use, it had a nice feel to it, better than any plastic straw I've yet used. I then inserted it into the tea. The straw was easily sturdy enough to push through the X-shaped opening in the lid; at this point, I prefer it to the plastic alternative.
I sip. I sip some more. Two thirds done, and the straw is a mess. After some light use, it lost much of its strength and collapsed under the pressure at the lid's opening. Not much of a problem—it is a simple matter to remove it from the lid, straighten it, and continue lidless. Some more light use, and it burst at the spiral seam, rendering it useless as a straw. If I may correct my initial claim: “I write this answer as I sit in a cafe sipping iced tea directly from a cup, my first ever paper straw by now a mangled mess off to the side.”
Small sample size, I realize, but at this point, I am not particularly inclined to increase it.