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 ...

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 ...

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

Danimer Scientific Inc., a maker of bioplastic straws, cutlery, and food containers that’s touted its work with Bacardi and Starbucks, filed for bankruptcy with plans to market its assets for sale and ...

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

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 ...

The US government has scrapped paper straws to go back to plastic. So why are the plastic variety restricted in many ...

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 ...

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