This may look like an ordinary plastic straw and it may even be like one too,but it is not made of plastic.
这可能看起来像一个普通的塑料吸管，甚至可能像是塑料，但它的材质不是塑料。
Cameron Ross started the Celise Bio-products company,to produce single use plastic alternatives from plant materials like these.
卡梅隆.罗斯创办了Celise生物制品公司，用这些植物生产一次性塑料替代品。
They are made of poly lactic acid known as PLA from corn starches.
它们由玉米淀粉中的聚乳酸制成。
We work with food service providers, predominantly larger brands, to help them get quality sustainable and cost-effective solutions, made from plants to start getting rid of single-use plastics.
我们与食品服务供应商合作，主要是大品牌供应商，帮助他们获得高质量、可持续和低成本的解决方案，在这些方案中，吸管材料取自植物，以开始淘汰一次性塑料。
Single-use plastics such as bottles or straws are major cause of pollution.
一次性塑料制品如塑料瓶或塑料吸管是污染的主要原因。
When we throw these away, they end up in a landfill or in the water like rivers.
当我们扔掉它们时，它们就会被扔进垃圾填埋场或河流中。
According to researchers, it could take up to more than 500 years for them to properly decompose.
研究人员表示，这些塑料需要五百多年才能完全被分解。
Ross says he wasn't always so environmentally conscious himself.
罗斯表示，他自己并不总是那么有环保意识。
But ever since the hiking trip in West Virginia,when he spent more time picking up trash than enjoying nature,his priorities changed.
但是，在西弗吉尼亚徒步旅行时，他捡垃圾的时间多于享受大自然的时间，自此以后，他的工作重心就改变了。
That meant making biodegradable products that can break down in only a few years.
这意味着要生产可降解产品，而这些产品只需几年就可以分解。
While many cafes and restaurants are choosing paper products to be more eco conscious,it isn't cheap.
虽然许多咖啡馆和餐馆选择纸制品是为了更环保，但纸制品并不便宜。
Paper straws can cost about eight times more than plastic straws.
纸质吸管的价格是塑料吸管的8倍。
But bio plastic straws cost less than a penny a straw,not even double the price of plastic ones.
但是，每根生物塑料吸管的价格还不到一便士，甚至还不到塑料吸管价格的一半。
Another problem with paper straws is that they get soggy.
纸质吸管的另一个问题是会变湿。
You don't want to be sipping something that alters your drink, or starts to melt while you're drinking and then you have to get another paper straw,which and creates more wastes than needed.
你肯定不想抿改变饮料味道的吸管，也不愿意在喝饮料时吸管开始融化，然后再去拿另一根吸管，这样会产生比实际需要更多的垃圾。
Ross hopes his Washington DC-based company will provide an eco-friendly solution for food service providers.
罗斯希望他位于华盛顿特区的公司能为食品服务供应商提供环保的解决方案。
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