If you search in Google’s search bar for“who invented drinking straws”, there is a high probability that Marvin Stone will pop up on Google, but historians have discovered that the emergence of drinking straws can be traced back to 7000 years ago.
In the Sumerian frescoes, we can find that the nobles at that time used a long object to drink beer. In later tombs, many drinking straws made of metal and gems were also found. In the eyes of historians, this was the first drinking straws to appear.
In ancient China, there were also “drinking straws”. In the poem “Send from Di Ya to the Judge in Hexi” written by the poet Du Fu to his brother Du Ya, it was written that “the yellow sheep is not mutated, and the reed is still drunk”, the poem The “reed wine” mentioned in is to suck the reed pole into the wine barrel and drink it. Reed wine was also mentioned in the article “Yi Lin Cuts the Mountain · Reed Wine” by Yang Shen in the Ming Dynasty,”Reed wine is used as a tube to suck and drink. Today’s wine is also squeezed.”
Lujiu is a self-made wine that the Qiang and Miao people like very much. This wine is made from highland barley, barley, and sorghum. These ingredients are washed, mixed and cooked, mixed with koji, and placed in the jar, and they are covered with grass for brewing. When it is time to drink, pour boiling water or clear water into the altar first, and then use the reed stick to drink. When relatives and friends come, everyone takes turns to drink, and then add water after drinking, until the taste fades, and then eat the remaining wine dregs. To this day, the Miao and Qiang ethnic groups in China still retain this tradition of hospitality. From this part, we can infer that the reed drinking straws should be the ancestor of our modern drinking straws.
As for the modern large-scale production of drinking straws, it started in the 1800s, and has undergone many changes and reforms in the middle. The first rye drinking straws produced were made by bleaching and cutting the rye, and then leaving the coarser drinking straws, which were then washed to make drinking straws for sale. However, rye drinking straws are relatively easy to break and produce a lot of scum. , It will affect the taste and taste of beverages, so in the 19th century in the United States, the drinking straw industry has a new development.
People in america who love drinking ice wine are to avoid the hot wine and the cold force in the mouth, which will affect the cool taste of the wine. Therefore, they may burn directly with their mouths from time to time, and burning hollow wheat is likely to appear. At the same time, the taste of wheat drinking straws will also affect the production of wine. Now, the American cigarette manufacturer——Marvin Stone, who was born in an industrial family. Because of the unpleasant experience brought to him by smoking with rye, he wrapped the pencil in paper and used glue to carry out the process. Fix it, wait for another pencil to make a simple paper drinking straws, wait for him to register the copyright of this invention, and then make a large number of paper drinking straws. During the most popular period, their drinking straw production has exceeded 2 million.
At the age of 1960, with the birth of plastic drinking straws people gradually discovered that this kind of drinking straws was disappearing from paper drinking straws. Compared with paper, the cost can also be cheap drinking straws, making plastic drinking straws quickly enter the market and develop into a popular commodity. The combination of plastic drinking straws is also the result of the development of human civilization. With the invention and combination of electric refrigerators, cold drinks have become fashionable, and the method is also very easy. It is convenient to drink cold drinks with a straw, and you can also improve the production of beverages at will. With the help of drinking straws, the time for sucking liquid in the oral cavity increases. The coldness is also longer and more direct, which is several times more satisfying.
With the continuous advancement of science and technology, people are paying more and more attention to spiritual pursuits. Many scholars have discovered that while plastic drinking straws bring us convenience, they also cause irreversible damage to our ecological environment. According to conservative estimates by the U.S. Environmental Protection Organization, Americans use nearly 500 million plastic drinking straws every day. The California Coastal Commission pointed out that from 1988 to 2006, drinking straws had become the sixth most common garbage on the beach. Plastic drinking straws cannot be biodegraded. The harm caused by nature is irreversible. A report titled “From Pollution to Solution: A Global Assessment of Marine Garbage and Plastic Pollution” shows that all ecosystems from the source of rivers to the ocean are facing increasing threats. In recent years, the amount of plastic pollution entering the aquatic ecosystem has gradually increased. According to estimates, it will more than double by 2030, which will have terrible consequences for the biosphere, human health, global economic development, and climate.This report, released 10 days before the Glasgow Climate Conference, emphasizes that plastic is also a climate issue. According to life cycle analysis, greenhouse gas emissions from plastic in 2015 were 1.7 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, and it is expected to increase by 2050. To about 6.5 billion tons, or 15% of the global carbon budget. The report pointed out that plastics accounted for 85% of marine debris, and warned people that by 2040, the amount of plastic pollution flowing into the ocean will increase nearly three times, an increase of 23 to 37 million tons per year. This means that 50 kilograms of plastic will be produced per meter of coastline in the world. By that time, all marine life-from plankton, shellfish, birds, to turtles and mammals, etc., will face serious risks of poisoning, behavioral disorders, hunger and suffocation. Corals, mangroves, and seagrass beds will also be submerged by plastic waste, and sufficient oxygen and light will not be available. At that time, the earth will be occupied by plastic waste.
Plastic pollution
Many countries have realized the seriousness of this matter and have acted one after another, issuing directives restricting plastics or banning plastics, which is also a major blow to the drinking straw industry. Many straw manufacturers are trying to find new material drinking straws that can replace plastic drinking straws. At present, straw drinking straws, rice drinking straws, reed drinking straws, bamboo drinking straws, etc. are currently circulating on the market. However, compared with traditional plastic drinking straws, they have more or less disadvantages. For example, wheat drinking straws are natural and can be degraded naturally, but due to the drinking straw itself, it is accompanied by problems such as easy breakage and unadjustable thickness ; Or bamboo drinking straws, which can withstand high temperatures and have a variety of sizes to choose from, but the production cost is relatively expensive, making many consumers unwilling to pay for it. It can be said that with the prohibition of plastic drinking straws, the development history of drinking straws will enter a slow development period for a long time until people find environmentally friendly materials that can replace plastics.If you are interested in such topics, please continue to concern us!
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