Plastic straws are often replaced by paper straws, which are nonfunctional, use chemicals that may carry risks to human health, are more expensive to produce than plastic straw ...

The order rolled back a previous policy aiming to phase out single-use plastic items, including straws, in federal operations ...

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 for ...

The administration undermines efforts to reduce plastics. But plastic never will be disposable, and neither are the people it ...

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 ...

It's the latest in a string of proposals that have elicited mixed public reactions and drawn opposition from the restaurant ...

Moreover, these zoonotic pathogens originating from plastic debris pose a health risk because birds can act as reservoirs for these diseases. It is imperative that we combat single-use plastic and ...

Paper straws in the US served as a daily reminder of the need for eco-friendly behaviour, but Trump has made plastic great ...

KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture--For third-grader Yuki Harasawa, a video on YouTube about plastic waste was the last straw. She ...

Widespread confusion about the recycling requirements means that many sustainably minded people toss items in the ...

Charleston  entrepreneur Tom Crowley is on a mission to end single-use plastic pollution by convincing businesses to switch ...