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” ...

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” ...

President Donald Trump is making his opinion known regarding the debate between paper and plastic straws. The president signed an executive order on Monday creating a policy aimed at phasing out paper ...

They’re grasping for straws. Devout paper straw enthusiasts are speaking out as public opinion about the environmentally friendly sipper shifts to favor plastic. Last month, President Donald Trump ...

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 ...

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” ...

President Trump signed an executive order Monday calling for the return of plastic straws and doing away with paper ones. “We’re going back to plastic straws. These things don’t work,” Mr. Trump told ...

A popular substitute for single-use plastic straws, paper straws may have a harmful secret, according to a Belgian researcher, the first of its type in Europe. The study, the first of its sort in ...

I first heard of paper straws at a small smoothie shop in my hometown. The shop was early to the anti-plastic straw movement. I was initially skeptical because of what I learned in one of my first ...

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...

Paper straws suck for a number of reasons: They are no match for a Frappuccino; even faced with more forgiving beverages, they often buckle; and they are more expensive to manufacture than plastic ...