After steel and concrete, plastic is the most common manmade material, with plastic production equalling 380 million tons per year in 2015. It is estimated that 79 percent of plastic waste accumulates in landfills or the natural environment and that more than 80 percent of marine litter is pla
Photo by Amanda Davis Photos Influenced by their love of nature and the Boundary Waters, Krantz siblings Rylie, Tucker and Keegan started an online store business called Sucky Straws. Through this store, they sell stainless steel and silicone straws, silicone tips, and other accessories, givi
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Published: 19:01 EDT, 18 January 2022 | Updated: 19:09 EDT, 18 January 2022
Archaeologists have identified the world's oldest-known drinking straws — and they were a far cry from the paper ones you get to slurp up your McDonald's milksh
A 25-year-old man was convicted on Thursday, August 11, 2022, for the straw purchase of six guns he purchased at Chalfont gun store in November 2020, the latest example of this office’s efforts to punish those who illegally possess and sell guns.
Bashir T. Shakir, of Upper Darby, was f
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Oliver Kilgore, who runs a landscaping business, uses environmentally friendly electric lawn equipment. (Photo courtesy of Pam Kilgore)
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(CLEVELAND, Ohio) — In a world increasingly troubled by the persistent harm that plastic—manufactured in petrochemical plants—has had on the environment, companies are investing billions of dollars to ramp up production of plastics made from natural, renewable materials that
John Murphy opened his pub off Patchogue's Main Street last year targeting certain things for his clientele: a warm atmosphere, cold beer and a low impact on the environment.
The dishes are sterilized with high-temperature heat rather than using detergents and soap products made w
Joffrey’s, a coffee and pastry staple of Walt Disney World, has replaced their paper straws with biodegradable sugarcane straws.
The straws are made from sugarcane fiber and have more flexibility and durability than paper.
We were given one of these new straws at JoffreyR
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