Agave straws and cactus plastic

We’ve talked about agave straws in previous episodes, but I’ve been spending more time digging into them. And more than that, I’ve been spending time reading about – and now speaking with – Dr. Sandra Pascoe Ortiz, who has developed a plastic that is compostable and leaves behind no microplastics. So is this a solution for our plastics problem?

Agave Road Trip is a critically acclaimed, award-winning podcast that helps gringx bartenders better understand agave, agave spirits, and rural Mexico. This episode is hosted by Lou Bank with special guest Linda Sullivanof seynasecretoand wisdom from researcher and chemical engineer Dr. Sandra Pascoe Ortiz.

Episode Notes

Listen to “Are agave straws really better than plastic?,” “Agave Road Trip,” season 4, episode 37.

Read “Microplastics Everywhere,”Harvard Medicine magazine, Spring 2023.

Shout outs this episode to D2W, CO2, andR2D2.

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