{"id":53741,"date":"2018-06-19T07:23:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T05:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=53741"},"modified":"2018-06-15T13:33:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T11:33:08","slug":"spaghetti-straws-a-big-hit-at-malak-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/spaghetti-straws-a-big-hit-at-malak-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Spaghetti straws a big hit at Malak Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The biodegradable straws are being distributed to stall holders and patrons at the markets, giving them an environmentally friendly option.<\/p>\n<p>Straw designer Federico Di Paola said the process was quite simple.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSemolina, spaghetti standard flour, and water \u2014 that\u2019s all we use, and it\u2019s the normal strength of pasta, if you don\u2019t cook it stays straight and strong like that for quite a few minutes, at least 20, 25 minutes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very good to have something that you can honestly throw it on the ground, and it will dissolve with water, with the next rain, or animals can eat it, because it\u2019s all completely natural.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Di Paola is developing a third prototype of the straw which will be sturdier and made from gluten free pasta to ensure everyone can enjoy their drinks guilt free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biodegradable straws are being distributed to stall holders and patrons at the markets, giving them an environmentally friendly option. Straw designer Federico Di Paola said the process was quite simple. \u201cSemolina, spaghetti standard flour, and water \u2014 that\u2019s all we use, and it\u2019s the normal strength of pasta, if you don\u2019t cook it stays [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[11270,12388],"supplier":[],"class_list":["post-53741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biodegradability","tag-tableware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53741"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=53741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}