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Stainless Straws

2 biggest tips to be a #consciousconsumer.

1 - Know your why - why are your buying something?  Do you really need it?  Are you shopping because you are bored, or out of habit, or to keep up with a trend or your neighbours?

When you pause and question your why, often the delay itself leads to you refusing and not making the purchase.  There's a reason marketers have words like "impulse shopping" "up sells" and "cross sells" - and it is because they work.  You can just shake your head if you find it challenging to say the actual word NO.

2 - Focus on the process, not your progress.  Or, don't allow your idea of perfection hold you back from sharing your good efforts.

Look, no matter how hard you believe in the power of good intentions, your reduced plastic consumption will most likely not result in shrinkage of the great Pacific Garbage Patch.  

We need to stop single use plastic straws.

Whales found with 6kg of plastic bags (that's a lot of plastic bags) inside.

Animals don't leave unnecessary waste - #singleuseisnoexcuse

Plastic is so everywhere it is even in living beings.

Turtles are particularly vulnerable to plastic due to their slow breeding cycle.

Plastic doesn't "go away" it's here for 400+ years

Visit Stainless Steel Straws for more ideas and how to buy your own reusable straws.

Plastic Straw Ban Australia

Australia has made some steady progress towards banning single use plastic straws in retail and hospitality outlets.  Plastic straws are still offered and freely available at fast food locations and on the whole the average consumer continues to be comfortable using plastic straws.  But awareness is growing and the trending growth of reusable metal straws and silicone straws supports this.

Plastic Straw Ban Australia

Stainless Steel Straws is a young family business based in Merewether, New South Wales.  We are proud of our local roots and the fact that we are positively contributing to more eco-awareness.

Our Story in 100 words or less

I came to the zero-waste and plastic-free space after working through lots of personal development.  It was a natural progression to see how unhealthy foods impact on my family's health - and how an active outdoor life is the way to go.

So we sold our gourmet food and wine business and began exploring our options in the health and wellness space.  I trained in life coaching and meditation and was hosting mindfulness walks around national parks - but then stainlesssteelstraws.com.au came along.  We haven't looked back!

Ban Plastic Straws in Australia

“Zero waste is not about complicating your life, but simplifying it. We were drowning in stuff, and I was tired of marketeers, that I had to put a stop to it. So the first step to zero waste is refusing what you don’t need. You need to learn to say no.”

"Minimalism isn't about deprivation. I still buy that expensive Burberry trench coat that costs thousands of pounds because it's great-looking and great value... But I am more conscious of how I spend because I want to be free of physical, emotional and financial clutter. I'm paying attention to the ethos of buying products that are environmentally-friendly and made with fair trade practices. I'm careful about my purchases."

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Rainbow Stainless Steel Straws

Rainbow Coloured Stainless Steel Straws featured in a 50 Pack available for Wholesale Purchase in Australia

Rainbow Straw Bent 5 Pack

Bent Reusable Rainbow Drinking Straws

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!