Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. On Monday, President ...

The days of getting a plastic straw automatically with any drink are over in New Jersey starting Thursday. In a bid to cut down on plastic pollution in the state, all coffee shops, restaurants, ...

FILE- A large soft drink with a plastic straw from a McDonald's restaurant is shown in Surfside, Fla., May 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday ...

A decade ago, a video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril went viral, spurring a wave of activism aimed at curtailing plastic pollution. The disposable plastic straw became the ...

President Donald Trump said Friday that he would sign an executive order “ending the ridiculous Biden push for paper straws, ...

Swapping plastic straws for alternatives is a sustainable change everyone can make. Insider tested five plastic straw alternatives in coffee and water to find which one worked best. This article is ...

It could be the straw that broke the eco-worrier’s back. Paper straws might not be the “eco-friendly” drinking tube they’ve been promoted to be: Belgian researchers found that these so-called “green” ...

Love 'em or hate 'em, those papery "environmentally friendly" straws have become the standard in more and more places, replacing the once-standard plastic straw. But this doctor says they're not as ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. On Monday, President ...

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtle's nose sparked outrage worldwide and ...