I rarely use Java Streams myself. I created Eclipse Collections 10 years before Java Streams existed and use it whenever I can. You might find the following blogs interesting as reducing garbage has been a primary concern of Eclipse Collections since the beginning.

https://betterprogramming.pub/sweating-the-small-stuff-in-java-dbd695166d13?source=friends_link&sk=aefca6a94a35340fccbcdbe9131036c1

https://medium.com/javarevisited/the-missing-java-data-structures-no-one-ever-told-you-about-part-3-d26387b9e66e?source=friends_link&sk=00643d5a044cfa85514cd583963048ce