Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste — and why do single-use items ...

Every day, Americans toss 500 million plastic straws in the trash. That's enough to fill 125 school buses, or circle the ...

The bill would preempt local governments from enacting single-use plastic bans without adding environmental requirements for ...

The move by Trump — who has long railed against paper straws, and whose 2019 reelection campaign sold Trump-branded reusable plastic straws for $15 per pack of 10 — targets a Biden administration ...

On Feb. 10, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending the procurement and use of paper straws at federal agencies. It was a stark reversal from the Biden era, in which the former ...

The measure (SB 958), sponsored by Sen. Jennifer Bradley, R- Fleming Island, says it is intended to “combat the harmful impacts of paper paper drinking straws” and “provide businesses and residents of ...

President Donald Trump is moving to make plastic straws great again. Trump's executive order ending the plastic straw ban could go into effect in 45 days. The reversal would only apply to federal ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper straws “don’t work” and don’t last very long. “It’s a ridiculous situation.

The Del Mar City Council is scheduled to vote Jan. 6 on a second reading of an ordinance that further bans single-use plastics and noncompostable food service items within the city. Council ...

The proposal cites health and accessibility concerns and could override local paper straw mandates statewide passed ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to end the federal procurement of paper straws. The order, which claims that paper straws are “nonfunctional” and says it wants to end the ...

A bill introduced in Florida takes aim at paper drinking straws and stirrers at food businesses and restaurants.