Sea turtle biologist and New York University Professor Genia Naro-Maciel writes that, while flimsy paper straws may not make ...

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 nose. Shortly after, cities began to reduce the use of plastic ...

“Plastic is not part of our diet for a reason,” Leffel said. “No straws [would] be a better solution, because reducing waste is what we want to do.” On average, it takes 200 years for a plastic straw ...

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

Now, the environmental commission is working on an amendment to require single use foodware be compostable or reusable. Even ...

The US government has scrapped paper straws to go back to plastic. So why are the plastic variety restricted in many countries around the world in the first place? When US President Donald Trump ...

From plastic straws to wine in Target, here are seven surprising things I've noticed since moving from New York to Charlotte, ...

A St. Petersburg City Council member’s request to discuss lifting a municipal ban on plastic straws sparked multiple heated ...

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 ...

The current administration continues to senselessly undermine efforts to reduce single-use plastics. But plastic never was ...

There has long been a push to stop the use of plastic straws in favor of environmentally friendly alternatives, like paper ones.