Plastic straws are often replaced by paper straws, which are nonfunctional, use chemicals that may carry risks to human health, are more expensive to produce than plastic straw ...

The order rolled back a previous policy aiming to phase out single-use plastic items, including straws, in federal operations ...

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtle's nose sparked outrage worldwide ...

Moreover, these zoonotic pathogens originating from plastic debris pose a health risk because birds can act as reservoirs for these diseases. It is imperative that we combat single-use plastic and ...

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