President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday encouraging both the federal government and American consumers to buy ...

From seaweed to sugarcane, companies race to find the next great plastic replacement Small ... plastic straws by 2019 Marriott International plans to remove plastic straws and drink stirrers ...

Bendable straws When bendable straws were first made in the 1940s, they were a boon in health-care settings to help patients drink without sitting up. Plastic bendable straws have become the safe ...

FinalStraw is a reusable straw that can be taken anywhere. It's made of stainless steel and medical grade TPE tubing. The company behind FinalStraw hopes to reduce the number of plastic drinking ...

Businesses and the public should continue making responsible choices that benefit human health long term and stick with paper ...

Chung explained to Young Post that while paper straws, unlike plastic ones, will naturally decompose, or break down, into smaller pieces, there is still a chance that small animals could swallow ...

Ditching plastic drinking straws for eco-friendly alternatives could cause problems for disabled people, a Welsh Paralympian has said. Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson said plastic straws allowed many ...

The only "green" our economy cares about is the dollar, and one day, we are going to wish we cared about the green on the ...

The study concludes that bamboo drinking straws offer a sustainable and practical solution to plastic pollution, with the potential to replace traditional plastic straws on a large scale.

Banning plastic straws is just a distraction from the more pressing issue of waste. Last July, Seattle became the first US city to ban plastic straws. Since then, the #stopsucking cause has taken ...