Bendable straws When bendable straws were first made in the 1940s, they were a boon in health-care settings to help patients drink without sitting up. Plastic bendable straws have become the safe ...

YORK, ME ‒ A local ban on plastic straws, stir sticks, and utensils will take effect May 18, even as an executive order ...

Marriott hotels to eliminate plastic straws by 2019 Marriott International plans to remove plastic straws and drink stirrers from all of its 6,500 hotels and resorts worldwide by next year.

An administration document aimed at eradicating paper straws highlights the dangers of PFAS chemicals. Their presence in tap ...

A woman shares some insight into how we are meant to be using bendy straws as opposed to how we have been using them.

A check found plastic straws being given out at most of the drink stalls, with one operator quickly switching to a paper straw when approached about the matter. Hawkers cited reasons such as ...

York's ordinance is taking effect at a time when President Trump has taken aim at paper straws with the executive order he ...

Even if they have a recycling symbol on it, these lids are too small and light to be sorted properly at the recycling facility. They end up contaminating the other recyclables instead.

As Reason explains, straw bans could end up having a negative impact on disabled people who cannot drink without them. Still, plastic-straw bans are becoming more popular. There are efforts to ban ...

KFC will stop handing out plastic straws and lids at all of its stores in Hong Kong and Macau for dine-in customers starting from Thursday, becoming one of the first major fast-food chains in the ...