When US President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to return to plastic straws, claiming the paper version is ...

The US government is eschewing paper straws and going back to plastic. So why are the plastic variety restricted in many countries around the world in the first place?

“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 move towards paper straws was a refreshing direction in environmental preservation, in that it was initiated locally and ...

A six-month pilot in Finland is testing a paper-based wrapper for Panda Milk Chocolate, replacing traditional plastic ...

In 2015, the video of a plastic straw being painfully removed from a turtle's bleeding nostril went viral, spurring a ...

Orkla Suomi is piloting a high-barrier paper wrapper from UPM Specialty Papers for its Panda Milk Chocolate brand, intending ...

Ranpak has integrated PaperWrap's pallet wrapping machines, which replace plastic stretch film with a kraft paper alternative ...

Other ways to avoid plastic: Along with the move toward compostable paper cups, Starbucks, which is navigating a flurry of ...