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

Trump signed an Executive Order to end the use of paper straws. Here’s what to know about the history of plastic straws.

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

After 50 years toiling in the country’s paper mills, the 75-year-old plunked his life savings into creating a “24 hours strong” straw that he manufactures in Woodstock, Illinois, and sells to more ...

In a nutshell Human brains contain approximately a spoonful of microplastics, with dementia patients showing 3-5 times higher ...

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

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

President Donald Trump's waded into the contentious debate over paper versus plastic straws with an executive order Monday favoring the plastic variety. The president ordered federal agency and ...

Much like recent EU legislation which required all plastic bottles to have caps attached by a tether, the removal of items ...

On Feb. 10, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending the procurement and use of paper straws at federal agencies. It was a stark reversal from the Biden era, in which the former ...

In his executive order, Trump says paper straws are “nonfunctional,” use harmful chemicals and are sometimes wrapped in plastic, “undermining the environmental argument for their use.” ...