Paper straws cost 'maybe 10 times' more than plastic straws, says paper straw distributor

As more and more companies abandon plastic straws, food distributors are looking for environmentally friendly alternatives. The most obvious choice is a paper straw, but they are much more expensive.

Adam Merran, CEO of Foodservice Product Company PacknWood, told CNBC on Monday that "closing bell" and "your cost is only ten times as expensive".

"If you buy a paper straw, it is about 2.5 cents," he said. Plastic pipette is about 0.5 cents

However, Merran, who uses a straw using recyclable organic materials, is distributed to large stadiums such as coffee shops, Las Vegas casinos, Madison Square and so on.

"You changed from very very very cheap to actually cheap one," he said.

Starbucks is one of many chain stores that recently announced not to use a single plastic pipette by 2020. Bon Appetit Management Company is a food service management company that provides services at about 1,000 locations throughout the country. In the facility being managed

However, rather than sucking paper, Starbucks - many customers are complaining that shapes are too fast to lose - it says to replace plastic straw with a recyclable straw cap

Another alternative said that if a reusable straw is included, the customer will clean the straw at home and return the straw to each meal like a take-away mug.

For the duration of the paper straw after it has been inserted in the liquid, Mellan says that it depends on beverage and temperature.

"It should temporarily bring you a drink," he said. "It gets a little wet, but you can still drink it, it seems to be another option, it's not perfect, but it solves the problem."

John Sidata, founder of Primaplast and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) says that straws made from biodegradable plastic are now five to six times more expensive than standard plastics. He added, "Although it is obviously beneficial to the environment", plastic banning will "influence" food service providers.

What is rarely necessary is that straw has become a symbol of our unnecessary exploitation of plastics - but this does not mean that the plastic straw itself is not a problem. In the United States alone, up to 500 million straws are used every day. This is an average of 6 straws per person per day - enough to carry 125 school buses per day with a straw. The most likely alternatives have appeared in many British bars that are paper straws. A disposable paper straw is still useless, but it is a waste of biodegradability. However, if it takes too much time to drink too much, the paper will be sticky - depending on the bar you may think this is an advantage

It is no exaggeration to say that the worldwide campaign against the use of plastic straw has reached its climax this year. Many companies and people chose to abandon plastic straws and use paper straws. But is paper straw really an environmentally friendly substitute? Zhong Shanshan, Director of Environment and Public Health Management Sciences at Baptist University, does not think so. Mr. Chung said that it is preferable that the term "biodegradable" is likely to be misleading. The Environmental Protection Agency biodegradability test guide tested the effect of various materials for 180 days at a constant temperature of 56-60 ° C. If the carbon material of the material is reduced by 60%, it can be considered to be biodegradable. In the real world, this means that there is the possibility that so-called biodegradable materials may be present for over 180 days, yet they do not completely disappear.