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    Grasping at straws: The fight to save the world’s most disposable product

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    Beverage and food companies have written to the Prime Minister’s Office, seeking time to transition to a commercially viable food-grade alternative material to plastic with which to make straws.

    A $790-million industry -- that innovates constantly with taste – who could have imagined packaged aam panna – and packaging – tetra packs, cans, plastic takeaway glasses with covers to avoid spillage – is saying it has failed to come up with a replacement for plastic straws attached with cartons, and is frantically lobbying the Modi Government, committed to phasing out the drinking instrument from July 1, to push the deadline.Beverage and food
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