Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade ...

President Donald Trump's waded into the contentious debate over paper vs plastic straws with an executive order Monday ...

The order requires federal agency and department heads to stop buying paper straws and ensure they aren’t offered in their ...

President Donald Trump says he is banning federal use of paper straws, saying they “don’t work” and don’t last very long ...

Trump's plan to sign an executive order promoting the use of plastic straws was backed by Elon Musk, who shared a screenshot ...

The Stuart City Commission voted in favor of lifting a four-year-old ban on plastic straws during a meeting Monday night.

“People wound up buying more plastic.” To draw their conclusions ... The Dallas City Council imposed a 5-cent fee for single-use bag purchases for five months in 2015, before manufacturer ...

On a local level, the charity said more can be done to reduce plastic waste. In 2018, the European Parliament voted for a complete ban on a range of single-use plastics which came into effect in 2021.