Green Idea: Stainless Steel Straws

What kid doesn't love a bendy straw? But it would never even occur to us to bother buying plastic straws because it's not a necessity and just ends up in the trash. These, on the other hand, can even go in the dishwasher.

Just in time for summer smoothies and drinks- we found these in a bunch of places online. Interestingly enough, they're out of stock at most of them.

Here are some of the places we found them:

After 5
Always Brilliant via Amazon
Chef Tools

Comments (3)

looks painful. i foresee many accidents with these in my house.

posted by darlingash on May 21st 2009 at 1:51am
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i agree. i have metal iced tea spoon-straws and i accidentally knock my teeth against them with surprising regularity! i don't think a child should use something like this.

posted by traceyelise on May 25th 2009 at 12:04am
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My parents had something like that when I was little. I still remember drinking my cold lemonade thru the straw and ending up with a dead bug(that had been hiding in the straw) in my mouth. Those straws are impossible to get clean inside ...

Good idea tho', but not for me ...

posted by ohmymrsLee on May 26th 2009 at 10:41am
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