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Re:An illustrated guide to plastic straws (2021) by cgrealy on Monday May 02, 2022 @10:21PM (#31243686)
I have a friend that owns a cafe. They tried metal straws for exactly the reasons you outline.

Problem was: they're expensive and people steal them!

Re:An illustrated guide to plastic straws (2021) by asdf123lkjh on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @10:13AM (#31260710)
Solution? Exploding metal straws
Re:An illustrated guide to plastic straws (2021) by cgrealy on Sunday May 08, 2022 @11:49PM (#31310404)
Seems like it would add to the cost, but I'm behind this on general principle!