Amid much ado about plastic straws, Bay Plastic’s CEO and president, Jason Forgash is thinking inside the box — namely, the BPM Straw Cutter, a countertop unit that ingests the pesky little pipes, shreds them, and bags the remnants for recycling. Forgash began thinking of the project a few years ago before handing his concept over to BPM’s […]
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A solution to the plastic straw problem?
Bay Plastics Machinery President Jason Forgash has devised a cutting system for straws so they can be collected and recycled. On a trip through an airport, Jason Forgash treated his children to frozen smoothies. Unfortunately, the paper straws the restaurant furnished soon turned into unappetizing mush, and the half-full smoothies ended up in the trash. […]
