The Washington state legislature has pre-filed a bill for this session to ban the selling and and distributing of single-use plastic straws in Washington. The bill, if passed and implemented, prohibits straw sales and distribution starting July 1, 2020.
A new plastic straw law had unexpected consequences when a man lashed out at a worker at a fast food chain.
Well before Starbucks got around to banning them, Emma Cohen was on a mission to rid the planet of plastic straws.
The Walt Disney Company plans to eliminate single-use plastic straws and plastic stirrers at all Disney-owned and operated locations by the middle of 2019, the company announced Thursday in a news release.
Adidas is racing to make its products more sustainable.
Many people with disabilities fear that a growing effort to ban plastic straws will limit their accessibility at restaurants, on airplanes and at other service establishments.
McDonald's has joined the fight against plastic pollution by switching to paper straws at its restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Plastic straw manufacturers are bracing for big changes. The tide is turning against their product.
