Single-use plastic drinking straws are polluting beaches, clogging up inland waterways, and destroying ocean ecosystems. A 2017 study published in Science Advances magazine revealed that upwards ...

This Earth Day, the new Public Enemy No. 1 in green-minded circles is single-use drinking straws. The reason? Americans use and largely dispose over 500 million plastic straws every day.

People want these straws, it seems. WinCup staged a phade giveaway on Jan. 3 as part of National Drinking Straw Day (which commemorates the history of the drinking straw).

On January 1, 2019, a ban on plastic straws in restaurants and other service businesses began in Washington, D.C. Read on for the reasons behind such bans, and how we got here. At the beginning of ...

How did plastic straws—now being phased out by Starbucks—become so ubiquitous as to represent the whole problem with single-use plastics?

A look at the dangers our oceans are facing ahead of World Oceans Day 10:12. ORLANDO, Fla. -- SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc., has removed all single-use plastic drinking straws and shopping bags ...

Assessment of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in commercially available drinking straws using targeted and suspect screening approaches. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A , 2023; 1 ...

So-called “eco-friendly” paper drinking straws contain long-lasting and potentially toxic chemicals and may not be better for the environment than plastic versions, researchers have warned.

As consumers turn to alternatives to single-use plastic, drinking straws made of plant-based materials like paper are coming into wider use, and many are marketed as biodegradable or even compostable.

Paper drinking straws may be harmful and may not be better for the environment than plastic versions, researchers warn Long-lasting “forever chemicals”, which can cause damaging health issues ...