You probably don’t give your plastic straw even a moments notice, do you? I mean, why should you, right? You get them with every drink you order at any restaurant. They come attached to kids juice boxes. And for every celebration, at least around here, you are sure to find some sort of “silly” straw in the goodie bag.
I started thinking about straws a lot. My mom uses them almost exclusively to drink with. My boys love to have a straw in their drinks. They even help get our younger two to drink healthy smoothies if a straw is included. But I found out some staggering information about plastic straws. According to glass dharma, plastic straws are always in the top 10 of number of items collected during beach cleanups. And according to McDonald’s website they serve 52 million meals a day – each one probably comes with a soda cup and straw! That is just ONE fast food restaurant for just ONE day. What about all those other fast food joints and regular sit down restaurants? Plastic bags, plastic water bottles and plastic straws make up the bulk of single use plastics!
So what can you do about it? Well for one you can ask your server to not give you a straw. If you really want a straw you can opt for a glass dharma glass straw instead. glass dharma has several different types of straws in different sizes. They have 4 different diameters, 14 mm, 12 mm, 9.5 mm and 7 mm. They also come in different designs including “shorty” 6.25 inch length, beautiful bends (bent straws), decorative dots, and 8, 9 and 10 inch lengths. The sizes allows for everything from a small sipper size to those large enough for bubble tea.
I have had the pleasure of trying the 9.5 mm ice tea straws. I have the beautiful bends, the decorative dots, the 9″ and the shorty. The beautiful bends is perfect for sipping iced tea or other drinks. I actually gave my mom the 9″ straw for her to keep at home. She uses a plastic straw to drink almost everything. The amber decorative dots is lovely and would make a beautiful gift set. I think the shorty is perfect for the kids, especially since my boys like to drink smoothies from our small juice glasses.
The glass dharma glass straws are very safe. Although they can break, glass dharma does offer a guarantee
Hassle-Free Lifetime Guarantee Against BreakageIf, for any reason*, your GlassDharma Drinking Straw should break, click the link below and fill out the form to obtain your replacement.
glass dharma likens their straws to a Pyrex coffee pot or pie plate – very strong and usually safe, but always with the chance they could break if dropped.
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