There is no challenge, we've invented plastic straws. The challenge is to use something that the people who are worked up about straws do not identify as plasti

There is no challenge, we've invented plastic straws. The challenge is to use something that the people who are worked up about straws do not identify as plastic. Wax is a hydrocarbon that I believe comes from oil. I don't know how it breaks down on the environment but it's not immediately clear it's actually "better" than plastic, other than maybe not being seen once it falls apart.