They’re grasping for straws. Devout paper straw enthusiasts are speaking out as public opinion about the environmentally ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. On Monday ...

Instead of selling $800,000 worth of straws this year, Spinelli fears it’ll be one-tenth of that. “Our distributors are saying, ‘Everyone’s going back to plastic now because of the ...

“BACK TO PLASTIC!” President Trump posted. On Feb. 10, Executive Order 14208 repealed the federal use of paper straws mandated by the prior administration, citing expense, ineffectiveness and ...

Plastic straws are making a comeback. Karrie Laughton has two words for them: Suck it. The co-owner of paper-straw company Roc Paper Straws put the phrase on a sipper she designed last month ...

A study published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts presents an innovative solution to plastic pollution: ...

When US President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to return to plastic straws, claiming the paper version is ineffective and "disgustingly dissolves in your mouth," he was widely criticized ...

Admittedly, anyone who has used a paper straw will agree that they are not a viable alternative to plastic. The obvious complaint is that they get soggy too quickly. But there are several unseen ...

Donald Trump is back and so are... "...plastic straws. And I don't think that plastics are going to affect a shark very much as they're eating, as they're munching ...

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 ...