{"id":7186,"date":"2018-01-10T11:02:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T11:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=7186"},"modified":"2018-01-10T11:02:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T11:02:22","slug":"meet-the-startup-creating-edible-straws-to-help-save-our-oceans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/meet-the-startup-creating-edible-straws-to-help-save-our-oceans.html","title":{"rendered":"Meet the startup creating edible straws to help save our oceans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Loliware is currently in process of developing biodegradable straws which can be eaten after use or composted.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re made out of seaweed-based materials and they have a shelf live of two years. If you leave them in liquid, however, they\u2019ll dissolve in 24 hours.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7187 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/loliware-straw-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/loliware-straw-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/loliware-straw-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seaweed is a\u00a0renewable resource\u00a0that does not require land resources and actually\u00a0absorbs CO2, which is why a seaweed-based product has an environmental advantage. Many bioplastics are made from GMO crops like corn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2017\/12\/31\/meet-startup-creating-edible-straws-help-save-oceans-7193137\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loliware is currently in process of developing biodegradable straws which can be eaten after use or composted. They\u2019re made out of seaweed-based materials and they have a shelf live of two years. If you leave them in liquid, however, they\u2019ll dissolve in 24 hours. Seaweed is a\u00a0renewable resource\u00a0that does not require land resources and actually\u00a0absorbs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[254,546,544,553,59],"tags":[554,126,568],"class_list":["post-7186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algae-for-food","category-algae-non-fuel-products","category-algae-polymers","category-algae-products-and-applications","category-seaweed","tag-algae-products","tag-food","tag-seaweed-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7188,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7186\/revisions\/7188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}