A study published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts presents an innovative solution to plastic pollution: ...

Sea turtle biologist and New York University Professor Genia Naro-Maciel writes that, while flimsy paper straws may not make ...

As the world transitions away from oil and gas, some see plastics as an alternative business model for the fossil fuel ...

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development estimates that around 380 MT of plastic waste is produced globally each year.

Plastic straws have become emblematic of a global pollution problemImage ... Tiny particles have been found in water, soil, air, the food chain and even in our bodies. An increasing number ...

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis ... Though they pollute oceans and harm marine life, Republican President Donald Trump signed an executive ...

10 million tonnes of this plastic enters the ocean ... argued that the focus on straws distracted from the bigger issue -namely, large-scale industrial plastic pollution. Despite some resistance ...

The truth is, a person with a reusable straw is not going to ... he founded Mananalu in 2019 to combat plastic pollution by replacing single-use plastic water bottles with recyclable aluminum.

The main argument for using paper straws instead of plastic ones is that paper is biodegradable. This means that it can naturally be broken down and won’t end up floating in our oceans or being ...