The author examines the shift from traditional clay pots to plastic cups and bottles for tea and water. He suggests adopting ...

When US President Donald Trump vowed to end the "ridiculous situation" of paper straws with an executive order recently, he noted that he had used "them many times, and on occasion, they break, they ...

“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 ...

Oregon lawmakers looking to stop plastic litter are trying to ban plastic utensils, condiment packaging and hotel-issued ...

There has long been a push to stop the use of plastic straws in favor of environmentally friendly alternatives, like paper ...

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

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

Trump order on plastic straws will ‘Make America Suck Again’ Gina McCarthy, a former White House climate adviser and EPA administrator, is taking aim at President Trump for signing an executive order ...

Many in the St. Petersburg community thought the paper vs. plastic straw debate ended in 2018, because that’s when the city ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 10 to stop the federal government from purchasing paper straws and to create a National Strategy to End the Use of Paper Straws. The order ...