Simply Straws Classic Glass Straws
Simply Straws
Classic Glass Straws
The cleanest straw in this category and the one to buy if you drink anything hot, acidic, or flavored: nothing to leach, nothing to shed, and you can see whether it is actually clean. It scores a 1 because the straw and its packaging are both plastic-free. Glass breaks, which is the real trade-off, and the lifetime replacement guarantee is the brand's answer to that.
Handmade borosilicate glass straws with a 2mm wall, made in California by a certified B Corp and women-owned business, shipped in compostable FSC-certified recycled paper with a lifetime replacement guarantee against breakage.
How this score breaks down
Strengths
- 100% borosilicate glass with a 2mm wall, the thickest in the line
- Inert: leaches nothing, sheds nothing, holds no flavor
- You can see inside, so you know when it is clean
- Compostable FSC-certified recycled paper packaging with non-toxic dyes
- Certified B Corp since 2013 with a B Impact score of 99.2, women-owned, 1% for the Planet
- Lifetime replacement if it breaks in normal use
Trade-offs
- Glass can break, which steel will not
- Borosilicate is not accepted in most curbside glass recycling
- Premium price for a straw
- The included cleaning brush's material is not disclosed
- No published take-back program for straws you are finished with
Scored on our durable-goods method (durables-v1, 2026-08-14). How we rank →
What's inside
A drinking straw made entirely of borosilicate glass, the same heat-resistant glass used in lab and bakeware, drawn by hand in California with a 2mm wall. Glass is inert: it sheds nothing, holds no flavor, and per the brand does not leach even in hot drinks. The packaging is compostable, printed with non-toxic dyes on FSC-certified 100% post-consumer recycled paper.
| Part | Material |
|---|---|
| Straw | Borosilicate glass, 2mm wall, handmade in California |
| Packaging | Compostable FSC-certified 100% post-consumer recycled paper, non-toxic dyes |
| Cleaning brush | Included, material not stated |
Free of BPA, plastic in the straw, plastic in the packaging
- Packaging
- Compostable, printed with non-toxic dyes on FSC-certified 100% post-consumer recycled paper.
- Microplastics
- None. Glass is inert, sheds nothing, and per the brand does not leach even in hot drinks.
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About Simply Straws
Simply Straws began in 2012 with a dental hygienist who kept thinking about what people were actually putting in their mouths, and the company is now led by a mother running it on the same instinct. It makes reusable glass straws, drawn by hand in California from borosilicate glass, along with reusable utensils and cleaning brushes.
It has been a Certified B Corporation since October 2013, an independent assessment of a company's social and environmental performance, and holds a B Impact score of 99.2 against a median of 50.9 for ordinary businesses. The company is women-owned and a member of 1% for the Planet, and it ships in compostable packaging printed with non-toxic dyes on FSC-certified 100% post-consumer recycled paper. The straws cost more than steel and they can break, which the company answers with a plain lifetime replacement policy if a straw breaks in normal use.
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