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 ...

In a recent executive order, President Donald Trump created a policy aimed at phasing out paper straws within 45 days to alleviate the forced use of paper straws nationwide, according to the White ...

President Donald Trump is making his opinion known regarding the debate between paper and plastic straws. The president signed an executive order on Monday creating a policy aimed at phasing out paper ...

Plastic straw partisans are now on the offensive in the straw wars. Monday evening, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing federal agencies to halt their purchases of paper straws ...

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Half a billion straws are used in the United States every day, according to a popular — but perhaps not the most scientific — estimate. The biggest buyer: the federal government, which buys more ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — With a stroke of his presidential pen, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that bans the purchase and forced use of paper straws in federal buildings and at federal ...

Plastic straws are making a comeback. Karrie Laughton has two words for them: Suck it. The co-owner of paper-straw company Roc Paper Straws put the phrase on a sipper she designed last month after ...

The paper straw, Guy Spinelli was sure, would be the way of the future. After 50 years toiling in the country’s paper mills, the 75-year-old plunked his life savings into creating a “24 hours strong” ...

The bright, cold, bitter tang. The soft notes of walnut and dirt. The anticipation of the jolt of electricity. The feeling of wet cardboard in my mouth. Nowadays this is what I get when I grab my ...