{"id":84451,"date":"2021-02-02T07:20:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T06:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=84451"},"modified":"2021-01-28T12:45:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T11:45:38","slug":"you-donut-need-a-single-use-plastic-straw-the-biodegradable-phade-is-available-at-dunkin-and-other-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/you-donut-need-a-single-use-plastic-straw-the-biodegradable-phade-is-available-at-dunkin-and-other-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"You Donut Need A Single-Use Plastic Straw: The Biodegradable Phade Is Available At Dunkin\u2019 And Other Locations"},"content":{"rendered":"

This straw does not suck. At least not in a bad way. It\u2019s not one of those use-it-once-and-toss-it-away plastic straws that lives for 200 years in a landfill.. The straw is called phade and promises sipping that\u2019s not subpar. Dunkin\u2019 has adopted the brand and is giving out phade drinking straws<\/a> at select stores.<\/p>\n

The phade is dubbed as a \u201cbreakthrough marine biodegradable drinking straw\u201d made with a substrate derived from canola oil, aka PHA or polyhydroxyalkanoate. The straw is compostable in home and industrial environments, its makers say, but still has that \u201cfeel and user experience of a traditional plastic straw.\u201d<\/p>\n

Using a straw can be a special experience, right? It\u2019s what you get when you go out to eat, order a fancy cocktail … or grab a beverage at a place like Dunkin\u2019.<\/p>\n

Dunkin\u2019, formerly Dunkin\u2019 Donuts, is testing the biodegradable straws at 300 select markets in the Eastern and Central United States, says Brad Laporte, CEO of phade creator WinCup Inc., based in Stone Mountain, Georgia.<\/p>\n

Dunkin\u2019 customers that receive a uniquely colored \u201cphade blue\u201d straw in a phade wrapper will know they\u2019re using the product.<\/p>\n

Besides Dunkin\u2019, the phade is currently offered by more than 60 distributors in the U.S. and sold at Walmart.<\/p>\n

They call it \u201cthe last straw people will ever need;\u201d one that biodegrades and composts in a matter of months and is created with natural biopolymers.<\/p>\n

Sure, there are already alternatives to single-use plastic straws, like paper and vegetable-based polylactic acid (PLA) straws. WinCup says phade is a superior alternative that\u2019s more durable, doesn\u2019t get soggy while you\u2019re using it and biodegrades like a good straw should.<\/p>\n

After nine weeks in a compost pile, the phade seems to have faded away.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have serious recycling challenges to overcome, but we need solutions right now,\u201d Laporte says. \u201cAgain, phade is a solution. It is designed with natural elements with the intention to return to nature quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Developing phade involved a \u201crigorous testing and certification process,\u201d the company says, including TUV AUSTRIA, a globally recognized independent third party certifying body that determined the\u00a0phade\u00a0material will biodegrade in a marine or soil environment and compost in industrial and backyard settings.<\/p>\n

The Biodegradable Products Institute also has verified that\u00a0phade is compostable in an industrial environment and the straw is said to comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration food contact safety regulations for cold drinks.<\/p>\n

WinCup and Danimer Scientific (which created the PHA used to make the straws) received the 2020 Innovation in Bioplastics Award from the Plastics Industry Association) for their joint work on\u00a0phade.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe straw attracts microorganisms that help it break down quickly in bacteria-rich environments,\u201d Laporte explains. That means phade straws can go into your home compost pile or your trash can. And if the straw somehow ends up in the ocean, it\u2019ll break down there too.<\/p>\n

People want these straws, it seems.<\/p>\n

WinCup staged a phade giveaway on Jan. 3 as part of National Drinking Straw Day (which commemorates the history of the drinking straw).<\/p>\n

WinCup\u2019s goal was to give away 150,000 phade straws; they reached that in five days.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe feedback we\u2019ve received has been overwhelmingly positive,\u201d the CEO says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most common comment we get is how much the phade straw feels and performs like a traditional plastic straw, and yet it\u2019s marine biodegradable and compostable.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsumers want to be environmentally responsible, but until now have been disappointed in some of the alternatives to traditional plastic straws.\u201d<\/p>\n

WinCup also has more in store.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe admire any effort to address plastic pollution, including the use of reusable options,\u201d Laporte adds. \u201cThe reality is that there remains strong consumer demand for single-use straws, and WinCup can make an immediate positive impact with\u00a0phade.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew technologies will play a major role in solving global plastics challenges, and the\u00a0phade straw is just the first of many PHA-based solutions to come from WinCup.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This straw does not suck. At least not in a bad way. It\u2019s not one of those use-it-once-and-toss-it-away plastic straws that lives for 200 years in a landfill.. The straw is called phade and promises sipping that\u2019s not subpar. Dunkin\u2019 has adopted the brand and is giving out phade drinking straws at select stores. The […]<\/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":[11270,5838,5847,12388],"supplier":[2979,6558,14040,16155],"class_list":["post-84451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biodegradability","tag-bioeconomy","tag-bioplastics","tag-tableware","supplier-danimer-scientific","supplier-dunkin-donuts","supplier-tuev-austria-group","supplier-wincup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84451","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=84451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84451"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=84451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}