Two Oregon high schoolers have teamed up with their grandfather to create a biodegradable drinking straw. They say the seaweed-based invention is a step toward more sustainable alternatives to ...

Light as a feather and seemingly ubiquitous, plastic drinking straws tip the scales as environmental villains—clogging landfills, choking marine life and lasting for years. Subscribe to our newsletter ...

The global issue of plastic pollution has led to a search for sustainable alternatives to disposable plastic products. One of the most problematic items is the plastic straw, which is lightweight, non ...

A passionate home cook since childhood, Mark Marino has covered food news for numerous national print and digital publications. He also served as the executive director of The Kitchn's shopping team, ...

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.

Humans for millennia siphoned the liquid pleasures of life between their lips through a hollow piece of grass — through straw. It took a 19th-century American entrepreneur, a Civil War veteran from ...