They’re grasping for straws. Devout paper straw enthusiasts are speaking out as public opinion about the environmentally friendly sipper shifts to favor plastic. Last month, President Donald ...

Plastic straws are making a comeback. Karrie Laughton has two words for them: Suck it. The co-owner of paper-straw company Roc Paper Straws put the phrase on a sipper she designed last month ...

The paper straw, Guy Spinelli was sure, would be the way of the future. After 50 years toiling in the country’s paper mills, the 75-year-old plunked his life savings into creating a “24 hours ...

When US President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to return to plastic straws, claiming the paper version is ineffective and "disgustingly dissolves in your mouth," he was widely criticized ...

The return of plastic straws might sound trivial compared to “drill baby drill” and threatening the collapse of international development. But as well as being politically symbolic ...

Trump rejected paper straws, saying they "don't work" as well as plastic straws. The poor consumer experience of drinking through a soggy straw is one thing, but there are other problems too.

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On Feb. 10, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending the procurement and use of paper straws at federal agencies. It was a stark reversal from the Biden era, in which the former ...

Starbucks Coffee Japan will start switching from paper straws to straws made from biomass plastic at its locations nationwide. Starbucks had stopped using straws derived from fossil fuels and switched ...