Within the scope of sustainable environment programs, the production of paper straws that are biodegradable started to challenge plastic straws. In Turkey, domestic and national manufacturers can produce more than 50 million paper straws per month when they work at full capacity, and they have started to export most of them. Mesut Demir, Founder of The Pro Eco, also increased the capacity of the factory he established in 2016in Silivri Istanbul, with a sense of social responsibility, to 25 million units per month.