Metal and glass straws could be dangerous for kids and less able-bodied people. They can also be hard to clean. Again, "biodegradable plastic" products have been accused of greenwashing and have been ...

Responding to the initial public outcry, cities, states and entire corporations, including Starbucks, Royal Caribbean, Disney ...

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development estimates that around 380 MT of plastic waste is produced globally ...

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 ...

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 ...

Felton said paper straws can naturally break down over time, but the same cannot be said for plastic products. “That’s what biodegradable means that we can break down items, food items or ...

He found that he could also offer biodegradable straws. Made from plant starch with the same feel of a regular plastic straw, Partridge said he found he could offer those at about $23 for a box of ...

President Donald Trump expressed his distaste for biodegradable, paper straws earlier in the week by signing an executive order to get rid of them and bring back plastic straws. “We’re going ...

Bamboo straws are natural, reusable, and biodegradable drinking straws made from sustainable bamboo plants. Unlike plastic ...

Although there is some merit in the argument the White House presents that paper straws simply ... is like other plastics made from chemicals found in fossil fuels. Biodegradable plastics ...

Unfortunately, the term “biodegradable” does not necessarily ... the environment target the low-hanging fruit such as plastic straws and plastic bags, rather than packaging as a whole.