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250 US Dunkin' stores test biodegradable straws

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September 30, 2020

Dunkin' is testing biodegradable drinking straws at about 250 U.S. locations, according to the brand's blog, which also described how the chain replaced foam cups with paper cups across its system and committed to transition from plastic to wood stir sticks nationally by the middle of next year.

The coffee-centered QSR's new straws are light blue and made with a material created by the fermentation of canola oil, called PHA. Dunkin' said the biodegradable straws look and feel like plastic, but are both marine- and soil-biodegradable, and home- and industrial-compostable.

The company did not say which markets it is testing the straws and has not responded to QSRweb's request for that information.