Are we stuck with plastic drinking straws?
Found on BBC News on Friday, 02 February 2018
One of the world's leading makers of single-use plastic drinking straws has told Radio 5 Live that the development of more environmentally friendly alternatives is "stuck".
"We have to be rational… it's not reasonable enough to say 'stop using the products' without a solution," he said.
"We have been looking for the past fifteen years at replacing... polypropylene. We found the materials but the pricing isn't good enough. It's a stuck situation. There is no reasonable substitution by far."
For straws, the solution is indeed to stop using them. The alternative is called "drinking from the glass".