When it comes to straws, paper, bamboo, metal and glass have all been adopted as substitutes. Metal and glass straws could be dangerous for kids and less able-bodied people. They can also be hard ...

Paper Paper drinking straws ... Silicone This material provides a popular soft alternative to metal reusable straws. One company has developed a silicone straw with an extra environmental twist ...

We're sure that anyone who has had to deal with paper straws falling apart over a long drink would be happy to know that it is possible to make a paper straw that doesn’t immediately disintegrate.

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 ...

Plastic straws are making a comeback. Karrie Laughton has two words for them: Suck it. The co-owner of paper-straw company Roc Paper Straws put the phrase on a sipper she designed last month ...

with many companies and people choosing to ditch plastic straws in favour of paper ones. But are paper straws really the eco-friendly alternative they claim to be? Chung Shan-shan, the director of ...

The only "green" our economy cares about is the dollar, and one day, we are going to wish we cared about the green on the ...

In the UK, the fast-food giant has already decided to adopt biodegradable paper straws by 2019 ... Not offering plastic straws, or switching to metal ones, saves food companies money, too.

On Feb. 10, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending the procurement and use of paper straws at federal agencies. It was a stark reversal from the Biden era, in which the former ...

While many restaurants have turned to offering customers paper straws as an alternative to plastic, in your own home, you might consider reusable metal or silicone drinking straws. Softee Straws ...