A bill introduced in Florida takes aim at paper drinking straws and stirrers at food businesses and restaurants.
Humans have been using straws for thousands of years. The straw dates back to at least 3000 B.C., when Sumerians drank beer through tubes made of gold. In the 1800s, people used stalks of rye as ...
As consumers turn to alternatives to single-use plastic, drinking straws made of plant-based materials like paper are coming into wider use, and many are marketed as biodegradable or even compostable.
Plastic straws are widely used in the food and beverage industry. However, if you're a cocktail drinker, there may be an ...
The proposal cites health and accessibility concerns and could override local paper straw mandates statewide passed ...
A set of gold and silver tubes found 125 years ago in the northern Caucasus are likely drinking straws, not scepters, according to a re-analysis of the ancient artifacts. Russian archaeologist Nikolai ...