In 2015, the video of a plastic straw being painfully removed from a turtle's bleeding nostril went viral, spurring a ...

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 move towards paper straws was a refreshing direction in environmental preservation, in that it was initiated locally and ...

Paper straws in the US served as a daily reminder of the need for eco-friendly behaviour, but Trump has made plastic great ...

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 ...

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.

President Trump signs order shifting U.S. back to plastic straws. Here are South Florida cities with paper straw bans.

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Trump’s attack on paper straws is mostly symbolic — but the ...