straw Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 05 Dec 2018 07:09:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Singapore Students Invent Chewable, Recyclable Straw https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chewable-straw-20181130/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chewable-straw-20181130/#respond Wed, 05 Dec 2018 07:09:39 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=67589 Three Singaporean industrial design students designed the first chewable, reusable straw. It can be reassembled and stored in a pocket-size case, which you can use to spin dry your straw and carry it around. CHEW Inc founders Tommy Cheong, Kevin Yeo and Lim Jing Jie noticed that many people unconsciously chew on their straw- and […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chewable-straw-20181130/feed/ 0 67589 65% More Biofuel From Chinese Rice Straw https://www.greenoptimistic.com/65-more-biofuel-from-chinese-rice-straw-20080531/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/65-more-biofuel-from-chinese-rice-straw-20080531/#respond Sat, 31 May 2008 05:32:48 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=282 A team of chinese researchers discovered a way to a new biofuel. Their new study, scheduled for the July 16 issue of ACS' bimonthly journal Energy & Fuels, describes a way to boost production of biofuel from rice straw by almost 65 percent.

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