Bamboo Sips In: All-Natural Drinking Straw Ready for Mass Market (IMAGE)

Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts

Bamboo Sips In: All-Natural Drinking Straw Ready for Mass Market

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Researchers have converted thin bamboo slices into a fully biodegradable drinking straw that withstands boiling water, carbonated and alcoholic drinks, while costing one-fifth of current paper or PLA alternatives.

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Institute of New Bamboo and Rattan Based Biomaterials, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan (ICBR), Beijing 100102, China

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