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Why use bamboo straw?

  • Writer: bamboovision
    bamboovision
  • Jun 18, 2019
  • 2 min read

Updated: Sep 27, 2022

From April 2020, plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds will be banned throughout England as a way to curb and reduce the amount of plastic pollution that is having a detrimental effect on our environment and is clogging up our rivers, oceans and seas.


We think that it’s a positive step in the right direction and acts as a strong statement in the battle against plastic waste that kills over 100,000 sea mammals and over one million wild birds each and every year.

Europe will follow suit and will implement a similar ban in 2021 and Canada have also recently announced that they will ban single-use plastics too. It’s good to see countries taking a stand against the plight.


In light of the upcoming straw ban in the UK and Europe, bamboo straws offer a great alternative to plastic. Bamboo straws can be used for many different business types including restaurants, bars, hotels, weddings and corporate events.


Bamboo grows in abundance and can reach full maturity in around 3-5 years, which makes bamboo straws fully sustainable, recyclable and compostable too. No other straw can boast utility in the same way, so as a business that is looking to make an impact and reduce the amount of plastic they consume, need you look any further?


It is very hard to recycle plastic straws. If you have to use one, there are many types of straws that can be reused many times for you to choose from. For example, bamboo straws, can be used many times and are safe to the environment.


This bamboo straw is made from traditional Vietnamese bamboo material, handcrafted by skilled artisans.Bamboo is chosen as a raw material for straw production because bamboo is a very popular, fast growing tree, so this material is cheap, friendly and special, it consumes less energy when producing straws with paper, plastic ...




Who is Bamboovision?

The bamboo vision was founded in 2018 with the objective of supporting, educating, and empowering individuals and businesses of all types to make the switch to reusable in order to reduce some of the devastating effects that plastic pollution is having on our environment. We work directly with the local farms in Vietnam, and our farms have the capacity to produce millions of bamboo straws each and every month. Bamboo vision offers wholesale bamboo straws, ready to be purchased in the UK, Europe, and all over the world.

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