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Paper straws may not be the green choice many thought, new government study finds
Headline from MLive, on the newest of 2 developments
A South Korean government study found plastic straws did less environmental harm than paper straws in most categories. Paper straws scored more than six times higher on a measure of cancer-causing pollution.
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Study Finds Paper Straws More Harmful to the Environment Than Plastic Ones
Headline from The Righting ·
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Paper straws may not be the green choice many thought, new government study finds
A South Korean government study found plastic straws did less environmental harm than paper straws in most categories. Paper straws scored more than six times higher on a measure of cancer-causing pollution.
A South Korean study found that paper straws may actually be more harmful to the environment than plastic ones, when taking into account their full life cycle from manufacturing to landfill. They also have more than six times the carcinogenic impact of traditional plastic straws.
South Korean researchers found plastic straws had the smallest environmental footprint in 10 of 16 categories, while paper and sugarcane alternatives produced substantially greater carcinogenic and acidification impacts.
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