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  "textContent": "Everyone has a bad paper straw experience. They work fine for a few minutes, and you feel great about making a more sustainable choice, but when they start disintegrating and falling apart, making them impossible to sip through, it often makes people wish they had just grabbed a plastic one instead. Many different straw alternatives […]\n\nThe post It’s Time for Restaurants to Say Goodbye to Paper Straws appeared first on NYCTastemakers.",
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