President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending the procurement and use of paper straws at federal agencies. It was a ...

This company says its straws are a big upgrade from soggy paper straws without the environmental impacts of regular plastic.

"We're going back to plastic straws," Trump informed reporters at the White House on Monday (February 10). "These things don't work, I've had them many times, and on occasion, they break, they ...

Trump rejected paper straws, saying they "don't work" as well as plastic straws. The poor consumer experience of drinking through a soggy straw is one thing, but there are other problems too.

Paper straws are out at the Department of Justice. Also banned: Dijon mustard, flimsy paper napkins, and the word ...

Maciel writes that, while flimsy paper straws may not make drinkers happy, there are many alternatives to returning to ...

It's not that hard to do." Several states and cities banned plastic straws and some restaurants no longer automatically give them to customers. Democratic President Joe Biden's administration ...

From seaweed to sugarcane, companies race to find the next great plastic replacement Small businesses are scrambling to meet the demand from consumers who want an alternative to plastic straws.

A team of biomaterial engineers, environmental resource specialists and industrial design researchers affiliated with a host ...

“Unless you are getting rid of single-use items in natural places filled with wildlife, swapping plastic straws for paper straws will make no difference in a city like Hong Kong,” Chung adde ...

“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 ...