There has long been a push to stop the use of plastic straws in favor of environmentally friendly alternatives, like paper ...

Stuart on Monday repealed a ban on the commercial use of plastic straws, citing health concerns with alternative straws.

The US government has scrapped paper straws to go back to plastic. So why are the plastic variety restricted in many countries around the world in the first place? When US President Donald Trump vowed ...

“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 ...

President Donald Trump signed an order this week to phase out paper straws in federal agencies. Will Florida cities be ...

When US President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to return to plastic straws, claiming the paper version is ...

KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture--For third-grader Yuki Harasawa, a video on YouTube about plastic waste was the last straw. She ...

The move towards paper straws was a refreshing direction in environmental preservation, in that it was initiated locally and by producers, not through legislation.

Charleston  entrepreneur Tom Crowley is on a mission to end single-use plastic pollution by convincing businesses to switch ...

Since the Oregon Legislature voted to ban single-use plastic grocery bags and limit plastic straws in 2019, most Oregonians ...