Roughly 8.5 billion plastic straws are used in the U.K. each year, but as a new ban takes effect next April, that number will shrink to zero. One startup is hoping to corner the market for alternative ...

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This combination of product images released by Brush with Bamboo shows bamboo straws that serve as an alternative to plastic straws. -- Brush with Bamboo photo via AP NEW YORK — Big problem or a ...

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Malibu is just one city of many that has said goodbye to offering plastic straws, leaving restaurants to get creative when serving up straw worthy beverages. Bob Morris of Paradise Cove Beach Cafe ...

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Whether you consider single-use plastic straws a big problem or a fraction of the world's plastic consumption, there are plenty of options this year to give reusable straws as holiday gifts. Straws ...

Bob Morris received a call from the city stating he could no longer serve plastic straws at his restaurant, the Paradise Cove Beach Café in Malibu. The city was calling local businesses in ...

Remember 2018, when everybody was freaking out about how plastic straws would ruin the world (instead of, say, the planet’s largest rainforest burning down)? Well, here’s a better-late-than-never ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Big problem or a fraction of the world’s plastic consumption? You decide, but know that single-use plastic straws are a recent target of environmental activists. As restaurants debate ...