With plastic straw ban, Washington turns its back on its own invention
"How do you drink a milkshake without a straw?"
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Jun 24, 2019
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News tagged with plastic straws
Oregon votes to ban restaurants from offering plastic straws
Oregon will ban restaurants from automatically offering single-use plastic straws under a measure passed by lawmakers, making it the second state to enact restrictions on plastic straws.
Environment
May 31, 2019
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Soil tilling, mulching key to China's potato crop
When you think of China, do you think of potatoes? Maybe not, but in the Loess Plateau region of northwestern China, potato is the main food crop.
Environment
Nov 28, 2018
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California to limit use of plastic straws in restaurants
California restaurants will soon stop providing plastic straws unless customers explicitly ask for them, under a new law signed on Thursday by the state's environment-friendly governor.
Environment
Sep 21, 2018
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The path to reducing plastic pollution
Shuddering and unable to breathe, he vomited up five plastic bags. The small pilot whale, found in a Thai canal this past June, is another symptom of a crisis in the world's oceans. Plastic waste, mostly broken down into ...
Environment
Sep 18, 2018
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Home of Islanders, Nets abandoning plastic drinking straws
An arena where the NBA's Brooklyn Nets and the NHL's New York Islanders play is the latest place making plastic straws a thing of the past.
Environment
Jul 28, 2018
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Why you shouldn't be a 'straw-man' environmentalist
The "straw bubble" has burst.
Environment
Jul 25, 2018
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Starbucks, citing ocean threat, is ditching plastic straws
Starbucks will eliminate plastic straws from all of its locations within two years, the coffee chain announced Monday, becoming the largest food and beverage company to do so as calls for businesses and cities to cut waste ...
Environment
Jul 9, 2018
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Seattle bans plastic straws, but US still has a long way to go
Seattle has become the first major US city to ban plastic straws and utensils in its eateries, a victory for environmentalists that will be tough to replicate elsewhere in the United States.
Environment
Jul 3, 2018
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Proposed bans on plastic straws run into resistance
Hard on the heels of banning plastic bags, states and cities are being pressed by environmentalists to eliminate another consumer convenience—plastic straws. But objections from the plastics industry, restaurants and disability ...
Environment
Jul 3, 2018
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