Louisiana should tighten up its open container law by requiring drive-through daiquiri shops to use lids that can't be punctured by a straw. Doing so wouldn't prevent a customer who's determined to ...

Southampton Town officials estimate that residents and visitors discard about 20 million straws and 8 million polystyrene cups each year, and much of that ends up along the towns beaches. These ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This July 17, 2018 photo shows wrapped plastic straws at a bubble tea cafe in San Francisco. Eco-conscious San Francisco joins the ...

To the editor: Single-use plastic bags and straws had to go — and throwaway food containers must follow next. When we restaurant patrons want to take home leftovers, we should use our own reusable ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- San Francisco supervisors voted Tuesday to give plastic straws the cold shoulder, following the lead of Seattle, another eco-conscious West Coast city where a ban went into ...