Starbucks today is saying that it is getting rid of all plastic straws by the year 2020. Starbucks will replace the straws with new lids that have a raised lip for sipping. Starbucks will also have ...

The giant hotel chain became the latest company to announce it will stop using plastic straws, saying it would remove them from its more than... The days of plastic straws are drawing shorter.

More than 400 million metric tons of plastic is produced annually, and only a small fraction is recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, or leaks into the natural environment, which is impacting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Shutterstock / Real_Life_photo Credit: Shutterstock / Real_Life_photo Most people are aware of the harm single-use plastic ...

Blumenthal Performing Arts in Charlotte has become the latest in a growing list of groups saying it plans to stop using plastic straws at its venues, a movement aimed at helping the environment. Bans ...

The common plastic beverage straw appears to be on the outs. Seemingly every day another city or company or celebrity vows to say no to straws because of the terrible ecological damage that disposable ...

Marriott International plans to remove plastic straws and drink stirrers from all of its 6,500 hotels and resorts worldwide by next year. The world’s largest hotel company said Wednesday that the move ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Feb. 10, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending the procurement and use of paper straws at federal agencies.

Republican New York Rep. Claudia Tenney is introducing a bill in Congress to codify President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the use of paper straws, the Daily Caller has learned first. “Soggy ...