Two of the largest food conglomerates are moving toward ditching single-use plastic straws. On Monday, Starbucks announced that it will eliminate plastic straws globally by 2020. McDonald's said ...

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

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtle's nose sparked outrage worldwide ...

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 ...

KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture--For third-grader Yuki Harasawa, a video on YouTube about plastic waste was the last straw. She decided there and then to stop using plastic straws provided during ...