Material selection for paper straws: What factors determine their sustainability

Hi, friends. Now, on to important stuff — straws. Well did you know plastic straws are really bad for our planet. These small tubes can persist in our oceans for thousands of years and harm ocean animals.

Paper straws now help protect our world. There’s paper straws, and there’s paper straws Some paper straws are more eco-friendly than others. There's this special company, and it's called Fancyco, and they know all about making straws that are good for our planet.

Making the paper straw is tough and Fancyco is working hard to keep it strong and safe. (strip them capable of drinking, but ease up once we're through with them.) This also means that when you throw the straw away, it won’t linger around for years and years, injuring animals or polluting our oceans.

 They choose materials harvested from trees and plants that can regrow. This is what is known as sustainability. They also ensure that they are not using any harmful chemicals that can affect the air or water in our environment.

Do you want to help? You can. When you eat or drink ever, when asked for a straw, instead of getting plastic straw, ask for a gold straws. And when enough of us do this, companies such as Fancyco understand that straws that are healthy for our planet are something we truly want.

Now consider different straws and how they work. Plastic straws can last for hundreds of years - longer than your grandparents' lifetime. These straws can be very sickening to ocean animals. But paper straws such as these ones from Fancyco break down readily and don’t injure any animals.

Imagine if every individual replaced a plastic straw with a paper straw. We could assist in helping keep our oceans clean, as well as protecting the animals that live there. It may seem like a little thing, but little things make big things happen.

We can all make this world a little bit better by using eco friendly paper straws and talking about them with our friends and family. We can be planet heroes. So, let us all team up to keep our earth clean, safe, and happy for all of us.

All the straw matters and you can make a change.