Roughly 8.5 billion plastic straws are used in the U.K. each year, but as a new ban takes effect next April, that number will shrink to zero.
英国每年大约使用85亿根塑料吸管,但明年四月实施一项新禁令之后,使用吸管的数量就会减少至零。
One startup is hoping to corner the market for alternative straws using an unlikely material: pasta.
一家初创企业希望用一款另类吸管来垄断市场,这种吸管是用一种难以想象的材料——意大利面制成的。
"It ticks all the boxes in terms of functionality as a plastic straw that everyone's been used to growing up," says Maxim Gelmann, founder of Stroodles, the startup.
“它就像我们成长过程中习惯使用的那种塑料吸管一样,拥有其全部功能,”Stroodles这家初创企业的总裁马克西姆·格尔曼说道。
The straws, made by an Italian manufacturer that also produces regular pasta, are the same shape and size as a standard plastic straw.
这种吸管是一家意大利生产商生产的,该厂商还生产普通的意大利面。这种吸管的形状和尺寸与标准塑料吸管的相同。
Unlike a paper straw, they don't taste like wet paper; they don't change the flavor of the drink. They last at least an hour, and longer in colder drinks.
它们不像纸质吸管那样,尝起来就像潮湿的纸一样;而且它们也不会改变饮料的味道。它们至少可以持续使用一个小时,如果用来喝冷饮的话,使用的时间会更长一些。
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