Stainless Steel Straws 2020

Stainless Steel Straws is an Australian Family Owned Company based in Newcastle NSW.  

We are proud of our independent roots and massively humbled by our success.  It is really a pleasure to be able to offer such an environmentally conscious product that aligns with our own values.  

We trust you will join with many of our established regular customers and help us reduce plastic waste one day at a time.

Choose coloured stainless steel straws and add your own logo branding at no extra cost
(minimum order quantity 300)

Rising ocean temperatures lead to coral bleaching.  This puts our magnificent Great Barrier Reef under stress, and shatters ancient ecosystems.  

Marine heatwaves are a regular occurrence and add to the pressure from fishing waste, plastic excess and overfishing.  Choosing to use a stainless steel straw is a positive step in the right direction.

Trusting who you give your heart to - love fades, plastic is forever...

Climate change, driven mainly by burning coal, is heating our oceans and threatening delicate marine ecosystems that have evolved over millenia.  

The rapid change in ocean temperature is beyond the scope of evolution - so species adapted for particular conditions fail to thrive.  

Choose to Refuse Plastic

Making considered personal choices and choosing to reuse and refusing excessive plastic helps slow the destruction of natural habitats.

Pristine blue ocean waves and foam

Marine sanctuaries and fish regeneration zones help ensure sustainability long term for our precious ocean animals and plants.  

Australia can lead the way protecting our endangered marine life simply by becoming more aware.  Your choice to say no to plastic straws is not just a symbolic gesture.  

Plastic Free July 2020

Real change is made by thought leaders who lead the way - keeping our healthy oceans and coastal lifestyle safe for tomorrow.

Ocean Turtle caught in abandoned fish net 

Choosing to reuse your stainless steel straw has a real impact on fragile marine habitats across Australia.  Our oceans are not an endless resource, able to be mis-used without a lasting impact on our turtles, dolphins and endangered sharks.  

Zero Waste Plastic Free

Australia's oceans are particularly special and worthy of our attention - as we are blessed with the richest, most diverse life on earth.

Token gestures are a thing of the boomer generation>
In 2020 it's time to take action.

Australia's oceans have the most diverse animal and plant populations on the planet.  More creatures call Australian waters home than any other country on earth.  

Deadly accidental entanglement or ingestion of plastic straws is pushing species to the brink of extinction.  Everyday, our plastic waste is causing harm to oceanic wildlife.

Would you like a plastic bag with that?

Reusable Stainless Steel Straws Australia

Stainless Steel Straws Australia

Stainless Steel Straws are reusable metal drinking straws used to help end plastic pollution.  Plastic Straws are particularly toxic to the environment as they are not simple to recycle and they are easily spread about via the wind and water currents.  Also, plastic straws tend to be a minimal use item, in that they are used for virtually seconds before being a "waste product" for decades.

Plastic Straws are Hazardous

Stainless Steel straws have been shown to be hazards for marine life and seabirds especially.  Animals mistake the straw for a food item or it becomes entangled in their nostrils with devastating effects.

Waste Plastic artwork of turtle

This image of a child alongside a turtle created from ocean waste is a powerful way of communicating how plastic lingers in our environment.

Waste taking over the world

This image highlights how waste and refuse is overtaking the landmass.  Hopefully by bringing attention to this individuals will take action at the ballot box and vote for environment over financial kickbacks.

Fish art made from waste plastic fishing line

Plastic waste made into fish shapes.  The amount of fishing line and fishing nets lost and loose in the ocean is hidden - and just as huge.  Everytime people go fishing they cut loose fishing line and it stays to cut and cripple ocean life.  We encourage you to use stainless steel straws.

Finding ways to work within eco-friendly lifestyle is the way to go.  Despite what people may say, taking individual efforts does make a difference and inspres others to follow your lead.

There are so many little ways to curate your lifestyle so you minimise harm on the environment.  It is no longer socially acceptable to live in a flagrantly wasteful manner.

Simple stickers like this help raise awareness - just as stainless steel straws help reduce plastic wastage.

Plastic Packaging History

"Cellophane let them choose food on the basis of how it looked, without sacrificing hygiene or freshness.

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One study - admittedly funded by DuPont - found that wrapping crackers in cellophane boosted sales by more than half.

And retailers had no shortage of similar advice. "She buys meat with her eyes," said a 1938 edition of The Progressive Grocer.

In fact, the meat counter was the hardest to make self-service. The problem was that meat, once cut, would quickly discolour.

But trials suggested a self-service meat counter could sell 30% more food.

With such an incentive, solutions were found: pink-tinted lighting, antioxidant additives and - of course - an improved version of cellophane, which let through just the right amount of oxygen.

Fizzy drinks come in polyethylene terephthalate.

And if you're not lost already, consider that plastic packaging is increasingly made from multiple layers of these and other substances, such as biaxially-oriented polypropylene or ethylene-vinyl acetate.

There's a reason for this, say packaging gurus - different materials have different properties, so multiple layers can give you the same performance from a thinner - and thus lighter - piece of packaging.

But these compound packaging materials are harder to recycle."

Choose reusables!
Source bbcnews

Silicone Reusable Straws

So I wouldn’t usually make a post like this but these things are amazing. I’m trying to reduce my impact on the environment and to participate in that straw challenge that’s happening, at least here in Australia, where you try your hardest to stop using single use plastic straws.

I’m doing good so far but I wanted to share these amazing and cheap straws I found that are multi use and should probably last forever. I drink coffee most days so that means I use a straw every day and I felt like reuseable straws would dramatically cut back on my harm to the environment and these might help you if you do the same.

So the brand is SiliconeStraws.com.au and they make these colourful silicon straws. They actually come with enough brushes to clean them which is pretty wild but they're also dishwasher safe because they’re silicone. all you really need the brushes for is if you drank a smoothie or something that wouldn’t clean out as well and needs an extra scrub.

I just pop the straw I used for coffee in my cup of water and that always gives it a good in between rinse so there isnt any nasty stuff hanging around in the straw. They also come in this fabric bag so you can keep them clean and safe and take them anywhere with you which is pretty convenient if you’re trying to do the straw thing like me.

They’re also big enough to fit in almost every kind of vessel, I’ve been using this huge half gallon water bottle with them and they’re long enough to touch the bottom which is great. I’ve seen a lot of people going for glass reusable straws which is just fine but they’re pretty damn expensive and fragile.

I went for these because I would immediately break a glass straw so if youre like me I’d opt for a silicone or other plastic straw. So yeah, these things are great! They’re cheap and easy to clean and convenient and there great for if your doing this straw challenge thingy. I highly encourage everyone to do the straw challenge and stop sucking through single use plastic straws!