What Are The Advantages Of Paper Straw?

Paper straw can solve the problem of plastic pollution. Data show that in 2019, the cumulative output of plastic straws in China was nearly 30000 tons, about 46 billion, which can be degraded for decades or centuries. This not only seriously affects the safety of the natural environment, but also difficult to degrade plastic particles enter the human body in various ways, endangering human health. So what are the advantages of paper straw? Let's have a look!
What are the advantages of paper straw?
1. The environmental protection advantage of paper products lies in its recyclability: pollution-free paper can be recycled. Pulp made from waste paper is an important raw material for papermaking. But not all paper can be recycled. Paper recycling is essentially a waiting process. The quality of recycled paper must be worse than that of base paper.
2. Low quality paper, such as toilet paper, whether contaminated or not, is non recyclable waste. As a substitute for plastic, environmental protection paper cup looks high quality, but it is also a kind of paper that is difficult to recycle. Due to the high cost of plastic film and paper separation, it is difficult to form a large-scale industrial chain.
3. Compared with the traditional plastic straw, the paper straw coated with plastic coating greatly reduces the plastic waste on the existing basis. Under the influence of environmental protectionism, all commodity industries are exploring ways to reduce the use of plastics. At present, the substitutes of plastic straws in the market can be divided into paper straws and polylactic acid straws. Compared with paper straw, PLA straw is closer to plastic straw, but high cost, unstable material and short shelf life are the reasons why PLA straw is difficult to popularize.