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 strong” ...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- One of the biggest complaints many people have about paper straws is they just don’t last. But a small company in Mount Vernon is slowly trying to change that mindset as more ...

For nearly two decades, Cloveridge Converting in northeast Wisconsin primarily turned paper rolls into towels and wipes for dairy farmers. Recently, owner Jeff Jaco decided to acquire a paper straws ...

“Eco-friendly” paper drinking straws contain long-lasting and potentially toxic chemicals, a new study has concluded. In the first analysis of its kind in Europe, and only the second in the world, ...

When you use a paper straw for drinks, you might think you’re being a conscientious citizen of Planet Earth. If so, bad news: a team of scientists say paper straws have more harmful forever chemicals ...

For almost 20 years, bar proprietor Karrie Laughton and her crew paired plastic straws with drinks for patrons at the "kick ass dive bar" Lux Lounge on South Avenue. But after seeing video of a sea ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he is banning federal use of paper straws, saying they “don’t work” and don’t last very long. Instead he wants the government to exclusively move ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – President Donald Trump reversed another Biden-era decision this week, allowing the use of plastic straws again in federal buildings. A local company, ROC Paper Straws, makes ...

A new Burbank business is looking to ride the wave of new sustainability-focused products aimed at making the environment cleaner. Officials at Turtyle, a paper-straw manufacturing business based in ...