With The Stranger’s 2025 Climate Issue upon us, many of our (very real and not at all fake) readers have been asking us important questions about environmentalism, and how the many rules of reducing, ...

Two jars of coffee with metal straws. - Yulia Lisitsa/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Straws have become a complicated topic in recent years. The European Union ...

Well-known coffee giant Starbucks is making another big switch — this time, to its straws, with the change kicking off in Japan. After years of customer complaints about soggy paper straws, the United ...

If you’ve ever taken a sip only to end up chewing on a soggy paper straw, you’re not alone — and Florida lawmakers are taking notice.

Donald Trump recently surprised the world again by signing an action to end what he describes as the “forced use” of paper straws. Although there is some merit in the argument the White House presents ...

Ashley: Happy Thursday, everyone. Today we have funding news, an eMerge Americas update and a look at a local company trying to solve a big challenge: Eliminating single-use plastics. Let's get to it.

The move follows Starbucks Coffee Japan’s decision earlier this year to ditch paper straws.

For nearly two decades, Cloveridge Converting in northeast Wisconsin primarily turned paper rolls into towels and wipes for dairy farmers. Recently, owner Jeff Jaco decided to acquire a paper straws ...