However, were their replacement, those paper straws, actually effective? If it weren't for the environment, few people would ...

The proposal cites health and accessibility concerns and could override local paper straw mandates statewide if passed.

On Feb. 10, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending the procurement and use of paper straws at federal agencies. It was a stark reversal from the Biden era, in which the former ...

While the bill targets paper straws, it would not ban them outright or require businesses to switch to plastic. It would ...

More than 400 million metric tons of plastic is produced annually, and only a small fraction is recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, or leaks into the natural environment, which is impacting ...

Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste? And why do single-use items ...

WHITEHOUSE STATION, New Jersey -- It was during a sea turtle rescue, in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where Elizabeth Thorne and William Marshall, owners of Sea-Straw, realized the damage caused by plastic ...

There were cigarette butts, bottle caps, juice cartons, plastic cutlery, bags and endless sharp blue cotton bud sticks, ...