a stainless steel straw an alternative to plastic straws

A much more stylish and practical alternative to plastic straws. Reusable and recyclable. Take your straw out to play and be an example to your friends, waiters, waitresses and bartenders. Show them how a straw should be used, again and again, not just once!

Buy individual steel straws, or choose a pack of four, which comes with a free straw cleaner!

Stainless Steel Drinking Straws

£2.50

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Millions upon millions of disposable plastic straws, that are used every day and are placed in nearly every single drink you order from a bar, restaurant or fast food joint whether you ask for one or not. Take your own and reclaim the straw from evil!
Reusable! Plastic straws are designed as one use, throwaway, disposable items. Not always even used for a functional purpose, sometimes they are added purely for decoration e.g. multiple straws in one drink. Why oh why have we submitted to this needless waste for so long.

Recyclable! If you ever tire of your straws, stick them in the recycling bin and they will be reincarnated into something else.

Stainless steel will not leech toxins or degrade unlike plastic.
You can get a pack of 100 plastic straws for next to nothing. So why would you buy a reusable straw that costs more?

Think for a second about how many plastic straws you have used so far in your lifetime. Most of those straws you used you probably didn’t even ask for. Yet, all of those straws you have used, unwittingly or not, still exist. They are out there somewhere. (Who knows, maybe during some of my litter picks I’ve picked up a straw that I used at a birthday party when I was 8.) I don’t know where all my rubbish has ended up, do you?

Plastic straws don’t need to exist. Let’s phase them out together by using reusable straws made from safe and sustainable materials.

Are these reusable straws worth it then? You tell me. After all, plastic straws cost nothing but the Earth.
What are they made from?

The straws are made from 304 food grade stainless steel.

The wire brush is made from a stainless-steel wire handle with a nylon bristle tip. Darn it, sneaky plastic! Although the bristles of the brush are nylon, it encourages people to reuse these straws again and again, hopefully keeping the hundreds or even thousands of straws you would have used otherwise out of our environment! I’m gonna say this is a forgivable use of plastic for now.

Where do they come from?

…I currently have no info on where these straws are made, I’ve asked so I’ll get back to you on that. The steel is probably from India or China but I could be wrong.

Are they sustainable?

Stainless steel is much harder wearing than plastic, so can stay in use for much longer. Once it is no longer usable or just unused, it can be recycled again and again. It is a much more sustainable material than plastic in this sense. It does take more energy to make, but its reuse rate in comparison to plastic makes the end of life for stainless steel much more environmentally friendly.

How about ethical?

Eco-straws provide no info on its ethics other than its eco-credentials. I’m asking the question so just hang on for an answer.

Extra good stuff:

Eco-Straws donate 1p from every straw sold to Sea Shepherd, an organisation whose main aim is ocean conservation.

The straws come packaged in 100% recycled and biodegradable cardboard.

Conclusion –

The wire cleaning brush may contain some plastic, but if it helps us eradicate the scourge that is plastic straws, we’ll just have to suck it up for now. So slurp to your hearts content with these reusable and environmentally friendly straws!