President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to end the federal procurement of paper straws. The order, which ...

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Here's more about the larger fight over ...

SB54 put an end to polystyrene — which had low recycling rates and high levels of pollution — in California. But the plastic ...

President Donald Trump said he is banning federal use of paper straws, saying they "don't work" and don't last long. Instead, he wants the government to exclusively move to plastic. "It's a ridiculous ...

In the United States, only around 5% of plastic waste is recycled, and over 86% of that waste is sent to landfills. The ...