The Icebloc is an eco friendly alternative to the straw, that's designed to hold the ice and garnish back from your lips and make your drink swiggable.

It's moulded from a bioplastic called CPLA, which is produced from corn starch and therefore 100% compostable. We also have a stainless steel version and a wheat stubble waste version coming soon.

Ice can get in the way of a good cold drink, especially if you’ve got sensitive teeth, don’t like the taste of frozen water or just like a good swig.

It simply slides onto the edge of your glass and can be easily removed. And our clever design means one size fits all glasses!

Yes! Drinks taste better when you drink from the rim of the glass rather than a straw, as most of the flavour comes from the drink’s aroma.

Plastic straws damage the environment. Paper straws aren't much better because they are made of trees and are still single use. Besides they go soggy anyway.

Yes. It's designed to be re-usable, as it's easy to rinse and dishwasher safe. But it's also made of plants and compostable. It also takes 65% less energy to make than oil based plastic. That's a triple win!

The bioplastic version can be re-used at least 30 times, and the stainless steel version can be used indefinitely.

It completely biodegrades in commercial compost in 90 days, and 180 days in home food waste

Our clever design means one size fits most glasses. It won't fit glasses with very thick rims and champagne flutes.

It doesn't touch your lips, so it can be just rinsed under the tap - and you don't need any fiddly pipe cleaners like those re-usabe straws. You can even put it in the dishwasher.

Unlike normal PLA which melts at 50C, our CPLA corn starch bio-plastic version melts at 85C and so can withstand dishwasher temperatures

Yes, it's food safe, and the soy based ink we use makes it liquid safe.

Yes, you can either print on it in soy ink, or stamp/emboss it which is much cheaper than printing but has a high one-off charge for a die.

Yes, you can print on either side in 1 to 3 colours, though you have to pay extra for each colour.

We're just about selling them in bags of 6 or 20 on Amazon and other outlets. Some drinks companies and bars are giving them away for free.

The bioplastic version is made in China and the stainless steel version in India?

" A mad English engineer called Adrian Potter, who liked to swig his drinks, invented it in 1983. But then waited 36 years before launching."