Vietnamese man makes & sells straws out of wild grass found in Mekong delta
In recent times, plastic straws have been shunned due to its impact on marine animals…. Now, numerous purportedly more eco-friendly alternatives to plastic straws have sprouted, such as metal straws and rice straws. One rather innovative solution that has surfaced are straws made out of grass. In a Facebook video that has since garnered more than 1.5 million views and 27,000 shares, Vietnamese Tran Minh Tien shows how he goes about his business of manufacturing grass straws.
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