Republican New York Rep. Claudia Tenney is introducing a bill in Congress to codify President Donald Trump’s executive order ...

Trump has griped about paper straws since at least 2019. When signing this year’s executive order, he said that paper straws ...

President Trump issued an executive order banning the federal use of paper straws because, he said, they “don’t work” and don ...

Transparent Biodegradable Paper Material Can Handle Even Hot Water This material could revolutionize products currently made with single-use plastic. Dr. Alfredo Carpineti ...

Members of the general public will have a chance to weigh in on the use of paper versus plastic straws as the federal government considers a new rule on the types of straws used by government ...

“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.

He has identified many problems — ranging from unfair tariff policies to soggy paper straws to antisemitism — that he can fix with a quick stroke of the pen, and no one has stopped him.

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 ...

Soggy paper straws are an example. Researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology struck a balance between performance and degradability with their new paperboard material.

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 strong” ...

Well-known coffee giant Starbucks is making another big switch — this time, to its straws, with the change kicking off in Japan. After years of customer complaints about soggy paper straws, the ...