Home Compostable Bioplastic Straws

The straws are manufactured using Danimer Scientific’s signature biopolymer, Nodax PHA®. The naturally-occurring material was verified as an effective biodegradable alternative to traditional petrochemical plastics in a 2018 study led by the University of Georgia (UGA) researchers and members of the UGA New Materials Institute. Nodax PHA® has also been certified home compostable by TUV’s OK compost HOME and passes marine degradation testing per ASTM D6691.

Yes. They will degrade completely to produce carbon dioxide, water, and biomass which can be consumed by microorganisms in the environment or used to enrich either the soil or marine ecosystem.

UrthPact straws are currently sold to brands, large food and beverage businesses and distributors. If you fall into one of these categories, contact us through the straws page on our website! If you are a smaller restaurant or company that currently purchases straws from a distributor, reach out to them and ask them to start carrying UrthPact’s home compostable straws.

These standard sizes available today:

• Jumbo-Standard: 7.75” x 0.216” (197mm x 5.5mm)
• Jumbo-Long: 10” x 0.216” (254mm x 5.5mm)
• Giant-Standard: 7.75” x 0.276” (197mm x 7mm)
• Giant-Long: 10” x 0.276” (254mm x 7mm)
• Cocktail: 6” x 0.137” (150mm x 3.5mm)

Custom sizes are available upon request.

Custom colors are available.

UrthPact’s Home Compostable Straws are new! They are made with a new, naturally-occurring material that looks and feels like plastic but will compost in your backyard compost, biodegrade in landfills, and break down in the ocean, should it accidentally end up there. We have recently started shipping and we are trying to spread the word about these straws that we believe solve the plastic straw problem! We have the capacity for manufacturing large quantities of straws, which are now shipping to brands, large restaurants and Food and Beverage Companies and Distributors.