More than 400 million metric tons of plastic is produced annually, and only a small fraction is recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, or leaks into the natural environment, which is impacting ...

A new proposed rule mandates government contractors prove they don’t use paper straws, favoring ones made from alternative or biobased plastic materials. The government’s purchaser took the first ...

Around 200 Starbucks stores in South Korea are testing out plant-based plastic straws after customers complained about the durability of the coffee chain’s paper straws. Starbucks Korea, which ...

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Boss Straw touts its product as the “best, earth-friendly paper straw in the world.” But since February, sales have plummeted 85% at the paper straw maker in Woodstock. Nearly 14 million paper straws ...

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YORK, ME ‒ A local ban on plastic straws, stir sticks, and utensils will take effect May 18, even as an executive order signed earlier this year by President Donald Trump takes aim at paper straws. In ...

It is “the Policy of the United States to end the use of paper straws.” . . . [Justice] Department components shall take appropriate action to identify and eliminate any portion of policy or guidance ...