As part of its efforts to be more eco-friendly, roughly five years ago Starbucks Japan switched from plastic straws to paper ones. However, consumers haven’t been happy with paper straws in general, ...

Neve Palmeri, 20, has been working to develop SmartSip, a reusable straw that can detect date rape drugs in drinks.

It’s safe to say that the global campaign against the use of plastic straws reached fever pitch this year, with many companies and people choosing to ditch plastic straws in favour of paper ones.

Over the past couple of weeks we’ve seen the current US administration grasping at straws ... policies that reduce single-use ...

April 4 (UPI) --Disney is offering another look at Lilo & Stitch ahead of the film's May 23 theater release. The live-action remake of the 2002 animated movie got a new teaser Friday, and the ...

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 ...

University of Portsmouth provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are expanding the reach of their reusable cup program at Chase Field, in partnership with Bold Reuse and PepsiCo. Last season, Arizona became the first major league ...

I grew up in the days before Moana, so the original Lilo & Stitch was my only mainstream representation. I can't tell you how much it meant to me to look up at my TV as a little girl and see ...

A study published in the Genomic Press earlier this month states how plastic water bottles are the “biggest source [for microplastics] by far.” Therefore, should one make the switch from ...