President Donald Trump signed an order this week to phase out paper straws in federal agencies. Will Florida cities be ...

Spinelli, the owner of Boss Straw in Illinois, is upset by all of it: The slowdown in demand, the extra plastic that will end up in landfills and, above all, the notion that paper straws are useless.

The move towards paper straws was a refreshing direction ... As litter, they punch above their weight. A child’s plastic beach toy may weigh as much as a few hundred plastic straws, but if ...

An curved arrow pointing right. With bamboo-based products on the rise, we wanted to see how they compared to their plastic and paper counterparts. We went to Taiwan and China for a behind-the ...

Other ways to avoid plastic: Along with the move toward compostable paper cups, Starbucks, which is navigating a flurry of changes as its new chief executive attempts to improve the company’s ...

Their beloved Frappuccinos and iced espresso drinks served in paper cups, not plastic. The Seattle-based coffee company announced this week that about 580 of its stores had begun replacing its ...