The administration undermines efforts to reduce plastics. But plastic never will be disposable, and neither are the people it ...

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

The US government is eschewing paper straws and going back to plastic. So why are the plastic variety restricted in many ...

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

“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 ...

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 ...

KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture--For third-grader Yuki Harasawa, a video on YouTube about plastic waste was the last straw. She ...

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

Since the Oregon Legislature voted to ban single-use plastic grocery bags and limit plastic straws in 2019, most Oregonians ...

A bill has passed through the Oregon Senate that would expand restrictions on single-use plastics. SB 551 would require customers to request single-use plastic utensils and condiment packages at ...

Charleston  entrepreneur Tom Crowley is on a mission to end single-use plastic pollution by convincing businesses to switch ...

Trump rejected paper straws, saying they "don't work" as well as plastic straws. The poor consumer experience of drinking through a soggy straw is one thing, but there are other problems too.