According to The Journal, the crusade against plastic began a decade ago when a viral video showed a sea turtle with a straw stuck in its nose. Shortly after, cities began to reduce the use of plastic ...

Plastic straws, once public enemy No. 1, are back in the government’s good graces. The news is hard to swallow for paper ...

Now, the environmental commission is working on an amendment to require single use foodware be compostable or reusable. Even ...

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

When US President Donald Trump vowed to end the "ridiculous situation" of paper straws with an executive order recently, he noted that he had used "them many times, and on occasion, they break, they ...

“Plastic is not part of our diet for a reason,” Leffel said. “No straws [would] be a better solution, because reducing waste is what we want to do.” On average, it takes 200 years for a plastic straw ...

The administration undermines efforts to reduce plastics. But plastic never will be disposable, and neither are the people it ...

While no alternative is perfect, single-use plastic is still the worst option, said Kachef, adding the type of plastic they ...

Plastic straws have become emblematic of a global pollution ... found the study. While no alternative is perfect, single-use plastic is still the worst option, said Kachef, adding the type of ...

Dig deeper: Several local environmental groups have tacked the impact they’ve seen since the ban, with a 700% reduction in plastic straws removed from local waterways. No one on council supported ...

Although plastic straws may seem a small part of daily life, their impact on our health and in the environment is far from a minor. Enter Smart Rice Straws is a simple but effective way to make ...

The problem now had a visible face: the plastic straw. No wonder the video spurred a wave of activism that was aimed at curtailing the use of plastic. The rational side of the plastic-straw ...