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Using plant trimmings | Buy rice straws to help save the Earth

Trimming or pruning a plant is important so you can get rid of dead, damaged, weak or crossing branches, and help the plant breathe. An overgrown or densely grown shrub may not have good airflow, and that can be the cause of various plant diseases. Usually, most plants need a seasonal trim, but some plants (such as fast-growing houseplants) may need to be trimmed as often as once a month.

Eco-friendly mother’s day gifts – rice straws, silk pillowcases and more

Choosing a gift for loved ones can be especially hard, because you want them to really like what you give them. An easy way out of this conundrum is to find out what they need, and give them that – if they’re getting use out of something, that means it’s providing value. However, when you want to maintain an element of surprise, that isn’t a possibility. Instead, go for something safe which everyone can use – like our rice straws!

Why you should plant trees for a better future

Deforestation is the leading cause of climate change and species extinction. However, what is deforestation exactly, and how bad is the problem? What can you, as an individual, do to help? These are all great questions, and in today’s blog we’ll address them and answer them one by one. Finally, we’ll talk about our edible straws – now on Amazon!

Buy edible straws for a microplastic-free future

So, our straws are eco-friendly and feel great to use. Do you still need another reason to buy edible straws from us? Then here’s one: They are completely plastic and microplastic-free.

Frequently asked questions about straws that you can eat

Buying straws that you can eat is easy, and the product is an interesting one from a general point of view. We’re all used to disposable plastic straws and to reusable straws to an extent, but the idea of eating a straw after you use it for a drink is pretty new. In this blog, we at Flewid Friendly want to take you over the experience of purchasing these straws, and then answer some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) – for example, how long the straws last in drinks and whether they’re safe for pets. These will help you make the most out of the product.

Edible rice straws are ideal for eco-friendly businesses (like D’Light Events)!

Every once in a while we hear from someone who loves our straws, and it absolutely makes our day! Recently, we heard from Sari Sime, a happy customer who is also a reseller through her business D’Light Events.

Cleaning a hoarder’s home the eco-friendly way

If you’re responsible for cleaning a hoarder’s home – whether it’s because a relative has been moved to managed care, because you’ve inherited a house, or just because you’re helping someone out – it can be quite a task. However, the key is to not get overwhelmed and to take one step at a time and remember to do things the eco-friendly way.

Grow your own food to become more sustainable | Eco-friendly edible straws

Sustainability is important because it reduces your environmental footprint, and makes you less dependent on external resources. However, sustainability isn’t easy. Becoming fully self-sufficient even in one area is largely impossible for most people. For example – if you want to grow your own food, you’d have to grow vegetables, fruits, spices, herbs, cereal, and much more! And you’d be missing out on lovely products such as our eco-friendly edible straws!

11 unexpected items that have plastic in them

Plastic is everywhere. Well, maybe not literally, but the truth is, it’s almost everywhere. Plastic may not be in each individual thing (with our edible drinking straws being one example of something that has no plastic), but it’s in enough items to be a big, worrying problem.

11 ways to make better use of natural resources: Loliware alternative

Mother Nature has given us a lot of gifts in the form of natural resources. We usually think of sunlight, air and water when we think of natural resources. Sure, they’re essential to life and all that, but they’re not exactly gifts, are they? There isn’t much you can use them for except survival. Well, that’s where you’re wrong. Flewid Friendly is an environmentally-friendly company that makes edible Loliware-alternative straws, and in this blog we’ll take you through 11 wonderful ways in which you can use natural resources.