Researchers found low concentrations of so-called forever chemicals in various “eco-friendly” straws, raising doubts about whether they’re an appropriate alternative.

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    1 year ago

    Sugar cane, silly, not candy cane :)

    It’s wood pulp, there is almost zero sugar in a sugar cane once they’re done extracting the cane sugar out of it, which is when it can be re-used to do other things.

    It’s made of bagasse (sugarcane fibers, basically wood pulp) and binders like PLA and is entirely compostable.

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      1 year ago

      I figured it was made from the sugar from sugar cane, but it seems that it is just the cane from the sugar cane. I have seen sugar straws, so my bad.