Food & Drinks
They're Building the Straw of Tomorrow Now That Plastic's Passe
- Anti-pollution campaign reverberates across the supply chain
- An Oregon small business ramps up output of glass alternative
Photographer: Terray Sylvester/Bloomberg
Craig Graffius started EcoGlass Straws 12 years ago with three decades of glass-making experience and his vision for an alternative to the ubiquitous plastic straw. What he didn’t have was anyone clamoring for his product.
Today, his tiny four-person shop in Hood River, Oregon, is gearing up to turn out 2,000 handcrafted glass straws an hour. That’s up from the current pace of 125 an hour, or 1,000 a day.