Paper Straw Adhesives – Know its Uses

by Jose Malave I am an author.

Consumers are becoming aware of environmental pollution. They know the consequences of packaging on the environment and they are looking for low-impact alternative options to plastic packaging. Therefore, a huge focus has been given on straws and this indicates replacing plastic drinking straws with paper straws.

Producing paper straws is a different process. It involves several processes. Typically, it is constructed with 3 piles of paper that are bonded together with a little amount of water-based adhesives just by using a core-winding machine or you can say hot melt adhesive by using a nozzle machine for fast production. The performance of paper straw depends on the quality of paper and adhesives. If a manufacturer uses high-quality paper, then it can produce high-quality paper straw. Therefore, a strong paper straw needs a good collaboration between the paper supplier and the adhesive manufacturer. The paper grade, the paper manufacturer, and the paper color should be taken into consideration while choosing a good quality paper adhesive.

There are a set of processes that should be followed properly for producing paper adhesive. Those who are completely new to this paper straw manufacturing industry may not be aware of the fact whether they should ask the adhesive supplier if their adhesives are compliant with liquid contact regulations. A high-quality paper provides a sufficient amount of performance and the adhesives offer two key areas of performance. Folding carton adhesives are also largely produced that are mainly used for packaging purposes.

Check out the process of manufacturing paper straw adhesives

Firstly, it is important to ensure that the adhesive should provide a sufficient amount of bonding strength so that the straw can maintain its form considering different paper qualities. Along with this, it is also important to make sure that the dry bond must remain the same during its immersion in beverages.

With the growing customer pressure and government policy for reducing the use of plastic, paper straws have come into fashion again. In almost all restaurants as well as food outlets, paper straws are used. Gradually, the manufacturing and the supply of paper straw adhesive has enormously increased. The manufacturer is asked to use good quality raw materials for producing paper straw adhesives.

Paper straws have come at the forefront to provide the best alternative solution to plastic. The manufacturers are also making sure that their straws can perform well in the market. The professional manufacturers are delivering environmentally safe paper straws which are biodegradable as well as plastic-free.

Paper straws are now extensively found in restaurants and soda shops. Straws made of paper are available for one-time use. Once a straw is used and it is discarded. The degradation process is done quicker than plastic leaving no harmful impact on the environment and its surroundings.

Paper straws come with several benefits such as –

They are biodegradable unlike those plastic straws

They take around three to seven weeks to decompose completely unlike those plastic straws which take around 200 years.

The growing use of paper straws has automatically reduced the number of plastic resulting in a small amount of footprint on the environment.

They are available at reasonable prices when they are purchased in a bulk amount

These paper straws are not so harmful to the wildlife because they do not contribute to microplastics which are created by plastic straws.

Trace the future of the paper straw industry

Paper straws have given a great opportunity to companies to use an effective alternative to plastic. The selling graphs of paper straws are rocket high and therefore, start-up paper straw manufacturing units are opening up everywhere to meet its growing demand. As these plastic straws have come back in fashion again, plastic companies are compelled to rethink about their products whether they should go for ending the production of plastic straws or start manufacturing paper straws as an alternative to plastic. As per the views of the researchers, they have agreed to the point that paper straws provide the best alternative to plastic, and therefore, they should be used everywhere to create less amount of impact on the environment.