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[Lilysmom]

Is there a brush that is available to do this?  If so, where can I get one.  Other ideas?

In Canada, there is serious discussion of banning the use of plastic disposable straws.  

TIA.  LM

[Melvin-QVC]

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@Lilysmom wrote:

Is there a brush that is available to do this?  If so, where can I get one.  Other ideas?

In Canada, there is serious discussion of banning the use of plastic disposable straws.  

TIA.  LM

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@Lilysmom  I just searched online and someone mentioned your best option would be using a pipe cleaner.  They also mentioned if the straw is too wide, to braid a couple of them together to widen them.  I hope this helps.  

Melvin, Customer Care

[Mz iMac]

All I do is put on playtex gloves, run the hot water spicket w/the straw underneath.  The hot water will clean the inside of the straw. 

Or you can put the straws on the bottom rung(s) of the dishwasher & "air dry."

[Pook]

@Lilysmom  I have plastic straw spoons and I always use denture tablets to soak mine in then wash with dishes after rinsing off from the denture tablets.  

[kitcat51]

Easy to find...sold at BBB, Walmart, Lowes, Amazon & others.

[Zhills]

A local business is replacing plastic with paper straws.

[Alison Wonderland]

Some brands come with a brush to clean the insides of the straw and some are dishwasher safe.

[Kachina624]

Amazon has a number of different brush options as well as straws in several configurations and materials.

[mima]

I use thick pipe cleaners.  If they aren't big enough around, I take two and tie a knot about an inch from the end.  The knot does the scrubbing.  I scrub while running under hot water.

[summerwind]

I remember paper straws. They'd get soggy, then collapse when you sucked. Hope they're better made this time around.

This would've been 1950s into the 60s. Was probably a bigger problem with malts/shakes, we didn't get sodas.