A visitor from Louisiana expresses surprise at finding plastic straws still in use in California, despite regulations ...

Still, it’s not as if paper straws are a 21st-century solution. They were actually patented before plastic straws – before plastic even existed as a mass-market material – by American Marvin ...

“We agree that paper straws don’t work and they’re not a good solution,” said Ken Jacobus, CEO of Good Start Packaging, an eco-friendly compostable food packaging company.

This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of internet users who have chosen to participate.

Bamboo and paper straws, often marketed as eco-friendly alternatives to plastic, may contain "forever chemicals," researchers have found. A recent study in Belgium tested 39 brands of straws, ...

One study out of the University of Antwerp in Belgium showed that paper straws — as well as those made of glass and bamboo — are coated in PFAS, aka "forever chemicals." Here's what to use ...

An administration document aimed at eradicating paper straws highlights the dangers of PFAS chemicals. Their presence in tap water nationwide hasn’t gotten the same attention. By Hiroko Tabuchi ...

The paper straw, Guy Spinelli was sure, would be the way of the future. After 50 years toiling in the country’s paper mills, the 75-year-old plunked his life savings into creating a “24 hours ...

Paper straws have been a quick fix to a much larger issue, and the Biden administration’s previous steps to transition away from plastic at a federal level were a part of that.

Paper straws have been touted as a more environmentally friendly option, but one study published in 2023 in the journal Food Additives and Contaminants found that they might not be as friendly to ...

A glass of water served Saturday with a flexible drinking straw at the Cherry Pit Cafe in Deerfield. President Donald Trump dislikes paper straws and wants the country to use only plastic ones.

Half a billion straws are used in the United States every day, according to a popular — but perhaps not the most scientific — estimate. The biggest buyer: the federal government, which buys ...