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Jose Cuervo launches a new product - not, it's not another blend of margarita. On the contrary, the popular festival tequila and dive bars revealed that they will start a biodegradable straw in 2020.

As part of a new initiative nicknamed the Agave project, the company will begin to produce zero-waste straws made from agave fibers to attempt to offer asustainable alternative Plastic straws (or paper straw options that many restaurants and bars have moved to recently). Made from the fibrous material of the agave plant - the main ingredient of the twoTequila and Mezcal-He can be consumed by microorganisms after use, and it will be entirely biodegrader in one to five years under landfill conditions. As the first straw of this type, it predicted that these agave fiber straws decompose up to 200 times faster than a traditional plastic straw.

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Not only can this gesture help inspire the need to reduce global plastic consumption, but will also help ensure that each part of the agave plant is used, so that none of its waste. (You do not need us to tell you how much food loss is massive.) More and more is that no fossil fuels are required to produce these agave fiber straws, which means that they will not contribute to the carbon footprint of the human population. .

"As a byproduct of the tequila industry, the agave fiber is a rich resource that we have exploited to create a daily and more durable plastic alternative," said Ana Laborde, CEO and founder of biosolutions Mexico and Penka, in a press release. "The agave fiber of our bio-organic composites is an ideal material that works not only as plastic replacement, but simultaneously reduces dependence on oil-based polymers, fossil fuels and water for the production of our Straws. "

If you fear that agave fiber straws will be similar to straw paper-in that they disintegrate before they can get a third of the path throughYour ice cream-Worry No: This innovation imitates the texture and feeling of the plastic options you have most used, so you can continue to sip without the straw falling into pieces.