Do you know you can’t buy those straws here in the USA? A local (Oklahoma) company makes them. I called to ask about buying some and was told they aren’t marketed for sale in the US. But they are given away free in foreign countries. No explanation was given. Only reporting what I was told.
They are not used here, because you can get clean water.
My daughter bought a bag them to Haiti last year. They look cute and all...but without them , many of the kids my daughter worked with would die from some water borne disease.
And the money to buy them was raised through the church.