The level of attention and rapid action taken by communities to ban plastic straws raised an important question for companies. How sustainable is their use of plastic packaging? With demands for ...

There's a new wrinkle in the old debate about banning plastic straws. In early November, the city government in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico, repealed its 2017 law banning plastic ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. On Monday, President ...

KANSAS CITY — Companies ranging from Seattle-based Starbucks to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., are giving the pink slip to plastic straws. Government regulations are going into place, too.

Amazon’s automated fulfillment center in Euclid, OH, has eliminated plastic delivery packaging as part of a transition to paper-based, curbside-recyclable shipping materials at the company’s US ...

If the environmental movement drew up a Most Unwanted list for 2018, the plastic drinking straw surely would land near the top. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

A growing movement against plastic straws is playing out in Chicago, with restaurants and museums banning the items, and a South Side straw factory urgently seeking an environmentally friendly ...