As part of its efforts to be more eco-friendly, roughly five years ago Starbucks Japan switched from plastic straws to paper ones. However, consumers haven’t been happy with paper straws in general, ...

Chungnam Province is rolling up its sleeves to help local paper straw manufacturers facing the risk of closure. According to Chungnam Province on the 20th, there are a total of 17 paper straw ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. And, guess what, it’s actual straws — the paper kind, to be exact. The GOP’s social media account posted a photo of the president ...

Many claim the paper ones are dissolving into their drinks and change the taste of the products. Some have been taking to Twitter to rant at McDonald's, with some even threatening to boycott the firm ...

A decade ago, a video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril went viral, spurring a wave of activism aimed at curtailing plastic pollution. The disposable plastic straw became the ...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A company plans to roll out a new line of tissues and paper towels this month that incorporates wheat straw and bamboo, which it hopes will provide a rapidly renewable and ...

Paper straws sit on a bar in San Francisco in 2018. President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal agencies to stop ...