Love drinking out of silicone or metal straws? We can't blame you. They're great substitutes for plastic straws, which are bad for the environment, and they elevate iced drinks like no other gimmick.

YIWU, CHINA — A large piece of Chinese calligraphy hangs on the wall behind Lou Zhongping's office desk: Small is Big. That's the motto he has tried to live by in his past 30 years as founder and ...

I'd like to think that I was always pretty green — I reuse plastic bags from the grocery store as garbage bags, I donate clothes instead of throwing them out, and I sort my recyclables accordingly.

Bay Area environmentalists are declaring war on the lowly plastic straw. Americans use an incredible 500 million plastic straws every day. Even though they are small, straws can create serious ...

When we think about it, we realize plastic is everywhere. By noon today, many of us have already used a plastic toothbrush, written with a plastic pen, popped plastic earphones into our ears and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp said on Monday it will begin phasing out use of plastic straws at its restaurants by 2020, giving environmentalists a sizeable victory in their campaign to convince ...

Earlier this year, a three-year-old video of researchers extracting a long, twisted tube from a reptile’s bleeding nostril went viral. To date, it has accumulated more than 30 million views and set ...

Friday’s Morning Call included a piece featuring Paul Cayard, a sailor for more than 50 years, including seven America’s Cup races. His concerns about plastic pollution in the oceans reignited my ...

Supervisors meeting could change the way San Franciscans eat out by banning small plastic items like straws and other foodware. Supervisor Katy Tang announced the proposed ordinance this morning ...

A few years ago, a graphic video showing the painful extraction of a plastic straw from a sea turtle's nostril went viral, stirring public consciousness and resulting in multiple "ditch the straw" ...

Bay Area environmentalists are declaring war on the lowly plastic straw. Americans use an incredible 500 million plastic straws every day. Even though they are small, straws can create serious ...