Plastic straws, once public enemy No. 1, are back in the government’s good graces. The news is hard to swallow for paper ...

with many companies and people choosing to ditch plastic straws in favour of paper ones. But are paper straws really the eco-friendly alternative they claim to be? Chung Shan-shan, the director of ...

Devout paper straw enthusiasts are speaking out as public opinion about the environmentally friendly sipper shifts to favor plastic. Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order ...

A study published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts presents an innovative solution to plastic pollution: ...

The order rolled back a previous policy aiming to phase out single-use plastic items, including straws, in federal operations like food service, and directed the government to stop buying paper ...

The US government has scrapped paper straws to go back to plastic. So why are the plastic variety restricted in many countries around the world in the first place? When US President Donald Trump ...

Maciel writes that, while flimsy paper straws may not make drinkers happy, there are many alternatives to returning to ...

Trump's executive order claims paper straws use chemicals that ... more than 400 million tons of new plastic. About 40% of all plastics are used in packaging, according to the United Nations.

Global Paper Straw Market is valued approximately at USD 1,377.6 Million in 2022 and is anticipated to grow with a healthy growth rate of more than 21.93% over the forecast period 2023-2030. Read the ...

In his executive order, Trump says paper straws are “nonfunctional,” use harmful chemicals and are sometimes wrapped in plastic, “undermining the environmental argument for their use.” ...

It was a stark reversal from the Biden era, in which the former president vowed to remove plastic straws and single-use plastics from federal food service in favor of paper straws, which are ...