ISO 16830:2025 PDF

Specification of bamboo drinking straws

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ISO 16830:2025

Specification of bamboo drinking straws

Document status:: Active
Format:: Electronic (PDF)
Number of pages:: 10
Publication date:: January 22, 2025
Edition:: ISO IS 16830 edition 1 version 1
ICS:: 67.250

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This document specifies the requirements, test methods, handling, storage, packaging, and marking and labelling of bamboo drinking straws. It is applicable to bamboo drinking straws: — made of natural hollow-cylindrical-shape bamboo culms and branches; — made by drilling holes on sticks processed from bamboo culm wall; and — made by rolling bamboo veneer.

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Technical committee: ISO/TC 296 - Bamboo and rattan
SKU: ISO 16830:2025

Abstract

Overview

ISO 16830:2025 - Specification of bamboo drinking straws is an international standard published by ISO/TC 296 that defines requirements, test methods, handling, storage, packaging, marking and labelling for bamboo drinking straws. The standard covers three product types: natural hollow-cylindrical bamboo culms and branches, drilled bamboo straws (holes drilled in culm wall sticks), and coiled (rolled) bamboo veneer straws. It is intended to support safe, consistent, and market-ready bamboo straws as a sustainable alternative to single‑use plastics.

Key Topics and Requirements

Scope and materials
- Raw material: bamboo culms aged two years or more; no insect or decay defects.
- Applicable to natural, drilled, and coiled bamboo straws.
Sensory and appearance
- Odour: free of mildew and other peculiar odours; natural bamboo scent permitted.
- Surface: clean, smooth, and free from splinters, decay, wormholes, cracks, stains, and dust.
- Pointed straw tips: avoid overly sharp tips for safety.
Dimensions and shape
- Length deviation: typically ±3% (unless otherwise agreed).
- Outer/inner diameter deviation: ±10% (drilled/natural) or ±5% (coiled), per order agreement.
- Bow: ≤3% for drilled and natural straws; not applicable for coiled in standard.
- Bevel angle for pointed straws: ≥40°.
Physical and mechanical
- Moisture content: **

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Key Topics and Requirements

Scope and materials
- Raw material: bamboo culms aged two years or more; no insect or decay defects.
- Applicable to natural, drilled, and coiled bamboo straws.
Sensory and appearance
- Odour: free of mildew and other peculiar odours; natural bamboo scent permitted.
- Surface: clean, smooth, and free from splinters, decay, wormholes, cracks, stains, and dust.
- Pointed straw tips: avoid overly sharp tips for safety.
Dimensions and shape
- Length deviation: typically ±3% (unless otherwise agreed).
- Outer/inner diameter deviation: ±10% (drilled/natural) or ±5% (coiled), per order agreement.
- Bow: ≤3% for drilled and natural straws; not applicable for coiled in standard.
- Bevel angle for pointed straws: ≥40°.
Physical and mechanical
- Moisture content: **

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