One of this year's biggest drink trends isn't a cocktail, or even an ingredient—it's the controversial paper straw. The national push to eliminate plastic in drinks seemed to have started with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump is known to drink many Diet Cokes, but one thing you’re not likely to ever see him using again is a paper ...

Plastic, then paper, now ... pasta? The humble straw that became a flashpoint in the broader battle over environmentalism continues to evolve. And while there’s not as much fanfare, nonplastic straws ...

Half a billion straws are used in the United States every day, according to a popular — but perhaps not the most scientific — estimate. The biggest buyer: the federal government, which buys more ...

President Donald Trump's waded into the contentious debate over paper versus plastic straws with an executive order Monday favoring the plastic variety. The president ordered federal agency and ...