Starting from July next year (2019), all stores will no longer be able to provide straws for "internal use" drinks. For takeaway drinks and hand-operated stores that require straws, the impact is actually not big. prohibit. However, with the media and social communities frantically reposting the news, most people thought that they would no longer be able to use straws next year. In addition, the recent scene of a turtle being stabbed by a straw shocked people, triggering a crazy discussion about straws.
Without knowing it, everyone is looking for solutions to straws: steel straws have internal cleaning problems, glass straws are prone to breaking and are difficult to carry
At this time, "Sugarcane Straws" came out. A natural product extracted from sugarcane bagasse, you can use it without worry and it decomposes easily after use. It perfectly solves the problem of current plastic straws. In addition to solving the "environmental protection" issue, the media continued to add the business scenario of "Chinese manufacturers tried their best to buy out but were rejected", making sugarcane straws praised as the savior by the media.
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Some media questioned that sugarcane straws actually use a polylactic acid (PLA) component, which is actually a bioplastic. It is not easy to decompose, and Taiwan’s current recycling system cannot recycle PLA products, so using sugarcane straws is the same as using ordinary straws. Please don’t be deceived.
According to an article on the Key Comments Network, ""Biodegradable tableware" becomes "fake" after leaving the laboratory. Are you still using wheat dishes, chopsticks, and corn knives and forks? " mentioned that PLA polylactic acid comes from the starch of these plants: after the starch is decomposed into glucose, saccharin is fermented to produce lactic acid, and then the lactic acid is polymerized and linked to form polylactic acid that is tough and can be shaped by heat. Wayne's Wayne's Food. Agriculture. The Life Fan Club has also clearly analyzed that the source of PLA comes from plants and can be decomposed into carbon dioxide under a reasonable environment, but at this stage it is more suitable for burning than for burial.
Under high humidity and high temperature conditions, PLA (polylactic acid) will "hydrolyze" and "thermally degrade" at the same time into non-toxic lactic acid, and finally turn into water and gas, returning to nature. So there is no problem with pure PLA. So PLA is basically a good thing, but Taiwan’s recycling capabilities are not enough. This issue can be discussed about Taiwan’s recycling capabilities, and blaming sugar cane straws is putting the cart before the horse.
Just like there was an issue being discussed a while ago, most of the recycled items were returned to the garbage dump, but they were all dumped together in the end, losing the original meaning of recycling. But in fact, this statement conceals the concept of recycling. This thing itself improves the efficiency of garbage sorting.
On the other hand, burning sugarcane straws will not harm the environment at all. If you put ordinary plastic into plastic bags and burn them at the end, and if you throw sugarcane straws into ordinary plastic bags and burn them, are they sugarcane straws? Which is better? This is just like when we use toilet paper except in the toilet, we must throw the toilet paper into a regular garbage bag and burn it. No matter how large the amount is, we will not feel environmental pressure on toilet paper.
Sugarcane straws have brought us to this position. I think sugarcane straws are playing a good role in solving the ultimate environmental problem. We should support this good promoter instead of always following the media’s perspective. It was highly praised and sent to the altar. When I saw the words PLA, I immediately dragged this good product to hell.
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There will be voices questioning that PLA is used to change the problem that PLA products cannot withstand heat. Most manufacturers will mix PLA with traditional plastic PP to increase the heat resistance of the products. sex and durability. However, the manufacturer of sugarcane straws has posted experimental results: the sugarcane straws are made of pure PLA and sugarcane bagasse, and do not contain 5P plastic.
So to me, whether steel straws, glass straws or sugar cane straws, they all play a role in protecting the environment and moving forward.
It also gives businesses a chance to choose and give consumers a choice. Even if they use bubble milk tea in Chun Shui Tang next year, they can provide sugarcane straws for drinking. Isn’t it a good solution?
In this process, whether Taiwan’s ability to recycle high-quality plastics has improved, or manufacturers of sugarcane straws have developed better products that are recyclable, it will be a good relay. Instead of blindfolding sugarcane straws to the altar or damning them to hell, it is better to understand clearly the positioning of sugarcane straws in the early stages. From my perspective, this is very acceptable.
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Finally, as a conclusion, I also bought sugar cane straws and put a few in my wife’s and my backpacks so that they can be used whenever needed. This is the first step in plastic reduction, not the last step in plastic surgery.
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It’s so hot in summer. Colleagues from Addiction Technology are used to ordering drinks together in the afternoon, so let’s use sugarcane straws instead of plastic straws!