EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump’s executive order against paper straws that was signed in February is already beginning to ...

“Plastic is not part of our diet for a reason,” Leffel said. “No straws [would] be a better solution, because reducing waste ...

Straws may be considered a small thing in daily life, but they touch the world so much. Now that plastic pollution is making ...

But she’s no sucker. Laughton spends a few nights every week hitting back at critics on social media who advocate for plastic, informing haters that the flimsy paper straws are likely made in ...

It's not that hard to do." Several states and cities banned plastic straws and some restaurants no longer automatically give them to customers. Democratic President Joe Biden's administration ...

While no alternative is perfect, single-use plastic is still the worst option, said Kachef, adding the type of plastic they are usually made from — polypropylene — mostly can't be recycled. "Every ...

Although there is no definitive count of the number of U.S.-based straw manufacturers, industry experts say at least a dozen have cropped up since the country’s first plastic straw bans went ...

Trump rejected paper straws, saying they "don't work" as well as plastic straws. The poor consumer experience of drinking through a soggy straw is one thing, but there are other problems too.

A study published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts presents an innovative solution to plastic pollution: ...

A St. Petersburg City Council member’s request to discuss lifting a municipal ban on plastic straws sparked multiple heated ...

The General Assembly’s Environment Committee passed a bill on March 24 that will ban plastic utensils, straws, stirrers, and ...