Hay! Straws: Ditching Plastic One Sip At A Time
Emma Grose founded Mable, a bamboo toothbrush brand, to mitigate plastic waste and environmental ruin. Shortly after Mable began shipping brushes to homes in 2016, Grose was touring her supplier in China, and encountered another plastic-busting solution. Hay. Instead of sipping beverages through plastic straws, people were using stems of wheat. “We asked, why isn’t …