"We're going back to plastic straws," Trump informed reporters at the White House on Monday (February 10). "These things don't work, I've had them many times, and on occasion, they break, they ...

Narrator: Some critics have pointed out that straws only make up a fraction of our plastic waste. So why is everyone so worked up about them? Leonard: I think straws are a bit of a poster child ...

In a move that has sparked widespread discussion, President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order reinstating the use of plastic straws (The White House) within federal agencies ...

Right now, especially with the economy as it is, everyone wants to save money ... It’s estimated that Americans use roughly 500 million plastic straws every day. While many restaurants have ...

Digesting the environmental impacts that waste pollution can have on the environment drove Brian Dockery to search for other options.

They’re the most popular throwaway option in places with plastic-straw bans. 3. Silicone This material provides a popular soft alternative to metal reusable straws. One company has developed a ...

The order rolled back a previous policy aiming to phase out single-use plastic items, including straws, in federal operations such as food service, and directed the government to stop buying paper ...

It’s safe to say that the global campaign against the use of plastic straws reached fever pitch this year, with many companies and people choosing to ditch plastic straws in favour of paper ones.

KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture--For third-grader Yuki Harasawa, a video on YouTube about plastic waste was the last straw. She decided there and then to stop using plastic straws provided during ...