This is a story of intentional littering involving 40 brightly colored plastic bottles in a North Carolina stream. But in this case, the waste is being done solely for research and to combat trash.

Florida could ban controversial paper straws over fears of exposure to cancer-causing forever chemicals. Last month, the state introduced Senate Bill 958 alongside identical house bill HB 2195, which ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ...

Trump signed an executive order forbidding the federal government to purchase paper straws. He’s also tasking the executive branch with developing a “National Strategy to End the Use of Paper Straws” ...

After 16 weeks in seawater, bioplastic straws made of foam (top image) broke down at least twice as fast as the solid versions (bottom image). Plastic drinking straws that get into marine ecosystems ...

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