UrthPact – the leader in compostable foodservice ware manufacturing, announces the addition of a black straw to its disposable straw product line. Made from plants, PHA is produced through natural ...

Starbucks will stop using disposable plastic straws by 2020, eliminating more than 1 billion straws a year, the retailer announced Monday. Instead, Starbucks, which has more than 28,000 stores ...

Although she hates plastic, 71-year-old Jacqueline Williams drinks from plastic disposable straws every day. She doesn’t have much of a choice. “I can’t swallow fast enough, my neck was broken,” said ...

Summer is here and so are frozen daiquiris, iced lattes, lemonades, hibiscus mint teas, root-beer floats, frozen margs, Arnold Palmers, chocolate milk, nitro cold brews, bloody marys, Capri Suns, ...

Prince George’s County, Maryland, has become the latest community in the D.C. area to approve a ban on disposable plastic straws. The new bill bans restaurants and other businesses from handing out ...

Environmentally friendly and even carbon-negative drinking straws exist, according to a new study. But the analysis also lays bare the potential for greenwashing, littering, and improper disposal to ...

While the bill targets paper straws, it would not ban them outright or require businesses to switch to plastic. It would ...

The Portland City Council officially voted Wednesday to curtail the use of disposable straws and utensils, making them available only upon request. This is the latest effort to reduce plastic waste in ...

Starting today, if you want a plastic straw or disposable fork with your food or drink order in Portland, you’ll have to ask for it or go without. The city’s policy to limit the use of plastic straws ...

Recently the city where I work banned the sale of plastic straws. As a result they've introduced paper straws, but these straws are pretty horrible. After a 45 minute car ride, they usually turn to ...