Ah, the not-so-fondly remembered summer holiday car journeys, cramped in the back seat among wet towels, rotting apple cores, ice lolly sticks and sand scattered over all conceivable surfaces. Except ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to end the federal procurement of paper straws. The order, which claims ...

Tetra Pak has started field testing”‹ its paper straws for beverage products with customers in Europe. The move means Tetra Pak is the first carton packaging company to provide such straws for ...

‹There is a potential ecological disaster once again rearing its ugly head. It is a crisis that was narrowly averted in the late 1970’s thanks to the advent of the first Earth Day and an environmental ...

As bans on single-use plastics expand globally, paper and bioplastic straws have become common replacements. Yet, consumer ...

Eco-friendly paper straws that do not easily become soggy and are 100% biodegradable in the ocean and soil have been developed. The straws are easy to mass-produce and thus are expected to be ...

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” ...

Paper or plastic? President Trump has joined the debate on straws. President Donald Trump will try to put an end to what he calls a "ridiculous push" for paper straws. "I will be signing an Executive ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...