Behind the Decline of Traditional Paper Straws—What Should We Really Be Thinking About?

With an earlier ban on plastic, plastic straws have become a relic of history. Paper straws and PLA biodegradable straws were introduced to replace plastic straws in the early stage. The paper straws had high hopes, but the poor experience made them “fade away” in the domestic market. On the contrary, the position of PLA straws was booming. Is the future of paper straws really hopeless?

Paper straws appeared as early as in the last century, and the first straw in the modern sense is paper straws. Behind the appearance of paper straws, its meaning is just like the above mentioned “white pollution” caused by plastics, which is the mission of ecological civilization construction. Protecting the environment is an important task for the whole country and even the whole world. Plastic straws, while cheap and convenient, have to be discarded for the sake of the environment.

Maybe some people say that for us consumers, experience is important, and we would rather not use it if the experience is not good. Yes, that may be the case. The slot points of traditional paper straws are really unacceptable. “Bubble resistance”, “taste”, “affect the taste” and so on make consumers who have used paper straws feel that they can not find the happiness and feeling before! But do we want to give paper straws a “chance” for the sake of the environment?

The single-layer non-plastic environment-friendly paper straw developed by He straw team adopts single-layer structure, which is different from the traditional multi-layer wrapping paper straw, which is bonded by a large amount of glue. The new generation of environment-friendly straw is overproduced without using glue, has no odor, and can resist high temperature up to 85℃, and soak for 4 hours without cracking or falling apart, which does not affect the use at all.

Not only that, the paper straw produced by the raw material paper certified by FSC can achieve 100% natural degradation in the natural environment without professional composting conditions, and will not cause any harm to the soil and the sea. The straw has been assessed by the Ministry of Science and Technology as the international advanced natural degradation straw, which is a truly green and environmentally friendly product.

But maybe we should just use less disposable straws. Indeed, theoretically speaking, the meaning of environmental protection actually lies in the awareness of saving and the concept of environmental protection, can not try not to use. But at present, perhaps most people can’t live without disposable straws. How to make straws easier to degrade and reduce the harm is the direction of the industry.

Throughout the straw industry, both PLA and paper straws are moving forward towards the established goals and creating innovations. Although the traditional paper straws are not satisfactory, they are also a product of the development stage of this industry. The appearance of He straws has brought the sublimation of paper straws and opened up a larger space for paper straws. At the same time, but also to the industry development and social environmental protection to do our part.