Corn Next corn straws are a non-toxic, affordable alternative to plastic and paper straws. Made from cornstarch, water, and ...

Clearly, something had to be done. But the alternative – aside from washable metal straws which are ultimately for home use only – was paper straws which, initially at least, would get soggy ...

A proposed executive order from President Donald Trump could ban paper straws amid health and environmental concerns.

President Donald Trump's waded into the contentious debate over paper versus plastic straws with an executive order Monday favoring the plastic variety. The president ordered federal agency and ...

Disney, Starbucks and the state of California have all decided to say “no thanks” to plastic straws. It’s Earth-friendly to skip the plastic straws at home, too!

Trump sucks the air out of paper straws with new ban. How the environmentally-friendly device has drawn so much ire Eco-friendly straw options may coming with surprisingly scary health effects ...

“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.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to end the federal procurement of paper straws. The order, which claims that paper straws are “nonfunctional” and says it wants to ...

The Fourth of July is supposed to be all fun and fireworks but between the loud booms, sugar highs, and late bedtimes, it can easily turn into a recipe for cranky kids and frazzled parents.

President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal agencies to stop buying paper straws.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ending the "procurement and forced use of paper straws," fulfilling a promise the president made last week.

Trump signed an executive order forbidding the federal government to purchase paper straws. He’s also tasking the executive branch with developing a “National Strategy to End the Use of Paper ...