Plastic straw opponents in California, New York and other states have succeeded in placing various restrictions on plastic ...

Donald Trump’s push to bring plastic straws back into federal use is facing renewed scientific scrutiny. Researchers and ...

It was the face that launched a thousand plastic straw bans. The video begins with a close up of the turtle’s head, its dark green, pebbled skin out of place against the stark-white boat deck.

"How do you drink a milkshake without a straw?" It is a question the city of Washington will soon face after deciding, in the interest of the environment, to ban plastic drinking straws—an almost ...

Organic Waste Systems (OWS), based in Belgium, conducted a home compostable study, concluding that the phade straw completely deteriorates in nine weeks. It's pictured here at the start of the study ...

2018 was, without a doubt, the year plastic straws died. The war picked up steam starting in 2015 after a YouTube video surfaced of a plastic straw being removed from the nostril of a sea turtle. Ever ...

Plastic straws have become the poster child of waste lately, and most alternatives have their own issues. Now, a start-up called The Ice Guys is crowdfunding an intriguing solution that fights the ...

The plastic straw is one of the casualties in the war on plastics that has even some ardent plastiphobes rethinking their all-or-nothing dogma. If you’ve ever tried to use a paper straw to enjoy your ...

The days where plastic straws and their wrappers litter the countertops of restaurants, coffee shops and fast food joints are nearing the end. With several governments, like Australia and the U.K., ...

They’re grasping for straws. Devout paper straw enthusiasts are speaking out as public opinion about the environmentally friendly sipper shifts to favor plastic. Last month, President Donald Trump ...

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed a bill to reduce ocean waste and the use of plastic straws in the state. Under the measure, restaurants would only be allowed to provide single-use ...