I love a straw. If I’m drinking any iced beverage at home — iced coffee, iced tea, iced water — I’m going to use a straw ...

Donald Trump has a problem with paper straws. So now the United States government does, too. A trivial matter, until it isn't ...

Love ’em or hate ’em, those papery “environmentally friendly” straws have become the standard in more and more places, replacing the once-standard plastic straw. But this doctor says they ...

“Straws made from plant-based materials, such as paper and bamboo, are often advertised as being more sustainable and eco-friendly than those made from plastic,” Thimo Groffen, Ph.D., study ...

“What’s disappointing about the executive order is that it makes paper straws kind of a red herring to get consumers to believe that our only choices are paper and plastic when it comes to ...

A decade ago, a video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril went viral, spurring a wave of activism aimed at curtailing plastic pollution. The disposable plastic straw became ...

Love drinking out of silicone or metal straws? We can't blame you. They're great substitutes for plastic straws ... Pixie Tip (Buy from PixieTip.com, $8.50). It's a silicone straw topper in ...

Starting 10 September 2020, the coffeehouse chain Starbucks offers only cold beverages in cups with strawless lids in all its outlets from the US and Canada, thus getting rid of plastic straws in ...

Scientists have been working for years to quantify the environmental lifetimes of a wide range of plastic ... straws were submerged in the tanks, the CDA, PHA, and paper straws degraded by up to ...