What happens when fast food chains switch to paper straws? This sketch hilariously depicts a CEO introducing eco-friendly but ...

with many companies and people choosing to ditch plastic straws in favour of paper ones. But are paper straws really the eco-friendly alternative they claim to be? Chung Shan-shan, the director of ...

Drinking straws are one of the tools in columnist Dagmar Munn's arsenal to combat dysphagia while living with ALS.

A government-commissioned report saying that the health risk of paper straws is worse than plastic ones is creating confusion ...

When the stem no longer droops, you can simply throw the straw away. Please note that either plastic or paper straws will work here, but paper ones may disintegrate over time as you water your plant.

McDonald's admitted earlier this month that its new "eco-friendly" paper straws were currently only fit for general waste, but it was "working to find a sustainable solution". What are some other ...

McDonald's are phasing paper straws into their 1,361 UK and Ireland restaurants McDonald's is being called on to stop its roll out of paper straws in the UK and Ireland, amid claims that they ...

The paper straws that are currently available are not entirely made of paper. Straws made with 100 per cent paper become too soggy when they come in contact with liquids and cannot function as straws.

That study used the same seawater tank and compared eight different straws made of CDA, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), polylactic acid (PLA), polypropylene (PP) and paper. Different straw materials ...

In a previous study using their dynamic seawater tank, the researchers tested straws made of standard plastic, paper, solid CDA, and foamed CDA, and found that the solid CDA and paper straws ...