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Making straws that don’t suck for the environment
![Cellophax straws make their international debut at a social gathering of members of the research groups of Professors van de Ven and Lumb. Photo credit: TreeMaTech.](/science/files/science/styles/fullwidth_breakpoints_theme_moriarty_small_1x/public/channels/image/cellulose_straws.jpg?itok=Nt967OUf×tamp=1583179968)
Published: 2 March 2020
With the federal ban of single-use plastics planned for this year, the demand for alternatives to everyday plastic products, such as straws, is set to increase. , a startup company born through a collaboration between chemistry professors from º«¹úÂãÎè and Lakehead University, is betting on cellulose for making drinking straws that don’t suck for the environment.