Sun-Rype Products, a division of Canada-based A. Lassonde Inc., has announced it has replaced plastic straws with paper straws in all SunRype 200 milliliter (ml) single-serve beverage boxes in Canada.

McDonald's has reportedly admitted that its new paper straws, rolled out last year to help "protect the environment," can't be recycled — unlike the plastic versions they replaced. McDonald's has ...

Starbucks is exchanging its iconic green straws for recyclable strawless lids. The newer tops were modeled after the lids the coffee company has used on their hot drinks. They will have a drinking ...

Starbucks is finally ditching straws and ushering in its long-awaited "sippy cup" lids for iced beverages. After announcing in July 2018 that it would begin phasing out plastic straws from all its ...

President Donald Trump took to social media on Friday regarding his plans to ban paper straws, prompting questions on whether biodegradable straws are worse for human health and the environment than ...

STUART — A four-year-old ban on the commercial use of plastic straws here may be on its way out. Since Jan. 1, 2021, alternative straws, such as paper and bamboo, have been on the menu in Stuart ...

The packaging major is collaborating with a synchrotron radiation laboratory to conduct experiments on paper straws, determining how materials respond to different environmental factors, explains ...