“Plastic is not part of our diet for a reason,” Leffel said. “No straws [would] be a better solution, because reducing waste is what we want to do.” On average, it takes 200 years for a plastic straw ...

Seemingly identical fruits and vegetables might be wrapped by turns in cardboard or plastic. It would be easy to think that paper is better for the environment. But is it really? Tatiana Sokolova ...

A better approach would be to change our ... chemicals" (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS) than plastic. Along with paper, other plant-based materials such as corn starch and bamboo ...

According to one study, when it comes to emissions involved in producing a straw, paper versions were better than plastic.

Felton said paper straws can naturally break down over time, but the same cannot be said for plastic products ... and there’s research on how we can be better at recapturing.” ...

According to The Journal, the crusade against plastic began a decade ago when a viral video showed a sea turtle with a straw stuck in its nose. Shortly after, cities began to reduce the use of plastic ...

with many companies and people choosing to ditch plastic straws in favour of paper ones. But are paper straws really the eco-friendly alternative they claim to be? Chung Shan-shan, the director of ...