Drinking straws have gotten a bad rap in recent years for their impact on the environment, but the maker of a more environmentally friendly straw has created something really helpful ...

Café de Coral now supports the ‘No Straw Campaign’ initiated by Ocean Park Conservation Foundation Hong Kong. Are paper straws really better for the environment than plastic ones?

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — South Florida researchers trying to prevent predatory fish from devouring laboratory-grown coral are grasping at biodegradable straws in an effort to restore what ...

Recently, a 7-year-old Cape Coral resident has taken steps ... rather than next to the disposable plastic straws. These stores also carry waxed paper straws, which are biodegradable and was ...

Anthony, a Pelican Elementary School student, started traveling around her Cape Coral neighborhood and asking people to join her cause by pledging to give up using plastic straws for one month.

“Plastic straws are kind of seen as the tip of the iceberg,” Brandon said, noting that paper is often seen as an alternative. “We really don’t want to replace one single-use problem with ...