“Plastic is not part of our diet for a reason,” Leffel said. “No straws [would] be a better solution, because reducing waste is what we want to do.” On average, it takes 200 years for a plastic straw ...

Watch a trio break the world record for the most water drunk from a straw by doing forward flips over the cup. Manlio Massaro ...

The Safety Straw is a straw that is designed to protect against “date rape” drugs by detecting them in beverages.

Moreover, these zoonotic pathogens originating from plastic debris pose a health risk because birds can act as reservoirs for these diseases. It is imperative that we combat single-use plastic and ...

“Why doesn’t the president reach out to some of us manufacturers and say, ‘Hey, what’s going on with this straw business?’” ...

This is the best bottle on the market and it’s not so overhyped right now that you won’t have to take out a mortgage to ...

This story was updated to correct a misspelling. STUART — Coincidence or not, the City Commission and President Donald Trump both took action Monday on drinking straws: the plastic ones and pesky ...

In an Indiana warehouse area on Lafayette's north end, little plastic chips are fed into a machine to be colored red and spun into the shape of a drinking straw. As the long, continuous straw ...

However, a government ban on the substitute is altogether new. It's true paper straws can disintegrate and become soggy before we finish a drink. Problems with finding viable substitutes to single-use ...

The customers at Post Office Place have come to expect a certain quality in the craft cocktails that they're served.

In a warehouse area of the Wabash Center on Lafayette's north end, little plastic chips are fed into a machine to be colored red and spun into the shape of a drinking straw. As the long ...