If, like me, you’ve been trying to be more environmentally conscious, you know that cutting back on single-use plastics (or not using them at all) is a good place to start. Maybe that means bringing ...

We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. It’s hard to believe the humble drinking straw has become Public Enemy No. 1, but here we are. As it turns ...

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Plastic straws are everywhere, but they’re terrible for the environment. They’re not bio-degradable and aren’t reused, so they just pile up in landfills and often end up in nature. The good news is ...

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In order to keep disposable plastic straws from ending up in the ocean and harming sea animals, companies like Disney, Starbucks and Whole Foods have all vowed not to carry the item, most of which can ...

Big businesses like Starbucks and McDonald's have recently backed a ban on plastic straws. Now, a foldable, reusable metal straw is in the works for consumers. It's a collapsible metal straw that ...

We've got a huge plastic problem and drinking straws play no small part, with 500 million used in the US everyday alone. Startup FinalStraw is on a mission to limit our use of these single-use strands ...

DC’s plastic straw ban is officially in effect. Any business serving drinks must now provide a straw alternative, ranging from compostable versions that are dubiously eco-friendly to paper straws that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Well before Starbucks got around to banning ...