Good Alternatives to Plastic Straws

A lot of the fast food restaurants around where I live use waxed paper straws. They aren't recyclable because of the wax coating (which otherwise keeps them from getting soggy too quickly in use), but they biodegrade rapidly and leave significantly less behind.

I rarely have anything useful to add to coding posts since I know nothing, but I do have some experience with drinking from straws:

I used to be a metal straw user, but was always somewhat scared of the potential for accidents, and haven't been able to bring myself to use them ever since that woman died because she fell on one and it stabbed thru her eye and into her brain[1]

Knives, etc. are usually held facing down or laid flat, straws unfortunately are specifically designed to point upwards and be aimed at the face.

They are also unsuitable for hot beverages, and if you accidentally bite it or touch it to your teeth it's quite unpleasant

Altho I'd much prefer them to plastic, I do find the paper straws McDonald's uses in the UK to be usable but quite flimsy - they get crushed and soggy quite easily for what they are.

I was going to try silicon straws next, of course until I find out that they harbour awful brain eating parasites and bacteria, or... something

I initially believe that drinking carbonated or sugary beverages with a straw protected the teeth to some extent, but I can't find a source for this

[1]https://www.livescience.com/65925-metal-straw-death.html

IKEA has metal straws.

What about no straw and just drink from the glass.