Of all the objects you use on a daily basis, you’ve probably never stopped to wonder how plastic drinking straws came to be. But if you like complicated machines that are simultaneously extruding, ...

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In order to keep disposable plastic straws from ending up in the ocean and harming sea animals, companies like Disney, Starbucks and Whole Foods have all vowed not to carry the item, most of which can ...

Scott Jarvie has created this beautiful lamp, made of hundreds of striped drinking straws. The result is a gently colored light. Now we only need a thousand Mojitos and a lot of sucking power.

Researchers at Northeastern University and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution evaluated 13 types of non-plastic straws, ...

We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. It’s hard to believe the humble drinking straw has become Public Enemy No. 1, but here we are. As it turns ...

Drinking straws are single use plastic products which will be subjected to a Europe-wide sales ban from 2021 onwards. This is stated in EU Directive 2019/904 from 5 June 2019. Consequently, ...

Proposed legislation would set guidelines for local government rules involving the materials used for drinking straws and stirrers.