Plastic straws are often replaced by paper straws, which are nonfunctional, use chemicals that may carry risks to human health, are more expensive to produce than plastic straw ...

"Why y'all change the straws?" demanded TikTok user Random Virgo after she noticed the new clear, reportedly sustainable version of the sucking devices. "McDonald's-what is this? What happened to ...

On Feb. 10, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending the procurement and use of paper straws at federal agencies. It was a stark reversal from the Biden era, in which the former ...