The Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday that it will eliminate single-use straws and plastic stirrers at all of its theme parks and resorts by mid-2019. “Eliminating plastic straws and other plastic ...

PALO ALTO, California -- There will be millions of fewer plastic straws finding their way into landfills and the ocean as yet another major company has committed to ditching the disposable utensil.

Weeks after it decided to ban single-use plastic bags and polystyrene containers, Palm Beach is bidding farewell to single-use plastic straws and stirrers. The Town Council on Tuesday unanimously ...

The delayed ban on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds comes into force on Thursday as part of efforts to tackle single-use plastic pollution. It will now be illegal for businesses to supply ...

Plastic straws, drinks stirrers and cotton buds could be banned as soon as next year, Michael Gove will announce today. The Environmental Secretary is making good on a promise to tackle waste and ...

Finally the move to stop the use of single-use plastic is reaching the national level. Yesterday, Jul. 5, Senator Risa Hontiveros filed Senate Bill No. 1866, also called the Plastic Straw and Stirrer ...

Plastic straws and stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds will today be banned in a major victory for the Mail’s Turn the Tide on Plastic campaign. From now on, it will be illegal for businesses in ...

The Walt Disney Co. has announced it will stop using single-use plastic straws and plastic stirrers at all of its locations. Disney officials said in a news release Thursday that the policy will be in ...

MICHAEL Gove last night confirmed plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds will be banned from April next year – and insisted the move had the overwhelming backing of the British public. The ...

During every visit to the beach, Sheila Morovati, her husband and their two kids each pick up at least 10 pieces of trash. Almost always, every item is made of plastic: straws, bottle caps, lids, ...

Plastic straws, cotton buds and drink stirrers will be banned in England from 2020 in a bid to fight plastic waste. From April next year, food and drink businesses won’t be allowed to display plastic ...