Plastic straws, once public enemy No. 1, are back in the government’s good graces. The news is hard to swallow for paper ...

“Plastic is not part of our diet for a reason,” Leffel said. “No straws [would] be a better solution, because reducing waste is what we want to do.” On average, it takes 200 years for a plastic straw ...

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 ...

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

Paper straws, like paper cups, are often coated with plastics such as polyethylene or acrylic resin. This makes them difficult to recycle but also raises the risk of pollution.

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

Though they pollute oceans and harm marine life, Republican President Donald Trump signed an executive order this month to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws. He declared paper ...

The move towards paper straws was a refreshing direction in environmental preservation, in that it was initiated locally and by producers, not through legislation. Donald Trump recently surprised ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) 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 ...