The paper straw, Guy Spinelli was sure, would be the way of the future. After 50 years toiling in the country’s paper mills, ...
“Plastic is not part of our diet for a reason,” Leffel said. “No straws [would] be a better solution, because reducing waste is what we want to do.” On average, it takes 200 years for a plastic straw ...
When US President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to return to plastic straws, claiming the paper version is ...
The US government is eschewing paper straws and going back to plastic. So why are the plastic variety restricted in many countries around the world in the first place?
Trump signed an Executive Order to end the use of paper straws. Here’s what to know about the history of plastic straws.
This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Trump’s attack on paper straws is mostly symbolic — but the ...
President Donald Trump signed an order to stop the federal use of paper straws and announced that he wants the government to exclusively use plastic.
In 2015, the video of a plastic straw being painfully removed from a turtle's bleeding nostril went viral, spurring a ...
Paper straws in the US served as a daily reminder of the need for eco-friendly behaviour, but Trump has made plastic great ...
The move towards paper straws was a refreshing direction in environmental preservation, in that it was initiated locally and ...
President Trump issued an executive order to phase out paper straws nationwide. The move comes as paper straws, intended to replace plastic straws, face criticism for their effectiveness and potential ...
The paper straw, Guy Spinelli was sure, would be the way of the future. After 50 years toiling in the country’s paper mills, the 75-year-old plunked his life savings into creating a “24 hours ...