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

In 2015, the video of a plastic straw being painfully removed from a turtle's bleeding nostril went viral, spurring a movement to reduce plastic waste. Since then, plastic straws have become ...

In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtle's nose sparked outrage worldwide and countries and cities started banning them, starting with the Pacific Island nation ...

Plastic straws, once public enemy No. 1, are back in the government’s good graces. The news is hard to swallow for paper ...

But it wasn’t until 2015, when a video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw wedged in its nose went viral, that demand took off. Suddenly the company had thousands of new clients and annual ...

“People get really fired up about straws.” According to The Journal, the crusade against plastic began a decade ago when a viral video showed a sea turtle with a straw stuck in its nos ...

The main argument for using paper straws instead of plastic ones is that paper is biodegradable ... floating in our oceans or being swallowed by turtles. However, the fix isn’t as simple ...

In 2015, the video of a plastic straw being painfully removed from a turtle's bleeding nostril went viral, spurring a movement to reduce plastic waste. Since then, plastic straws have become ...