VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- At Kaweah Container, corrugated boxes are the bread and butter of the business. They've been making them for decades, shipping them to customers in California and the west ...

Paper straw manufacturer Aardvark has seen demand grow by as much as 50-fold as environmentalists call for an end to single-use plastics. It’s great for business, but their old factory wasn’t cutting ...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- One of the biggest complaints many people have about paper straws is they just don’t last. But a small company in Mount Vernon is slowly trying to change that mindset as more ...

OSHKOSH (WLUK) -- An Oshkosh-based company now owns the country's primary paper-straw manufacturer. Hoffmaster Group, in Oshkosh, makes disposable tableware. Hoffmaster closed a deal Monday to acquire ...

Ah, the not-so-fondly remembered summer holiday car journeys, cramped in the back seat among wet towels, rotting apple cores, ice lolly sticks and sand scattered over all conceivable surfaces. Except ...

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In an Indiana warehouse area on Lafayette's north end, little plastic chips are fed into a machine to be colored red and spun into the shape of a drinking straw. As the long, continuous straw makes ...

Rochester, N.Y. — Wegmans announced a partnership Wednesday with ROC Paper Straws as its new supplier of paper straws for all its market cafes, restaurants, and corporate worksites. ROC Paper Straws ...

Kent, Wash.-based compostable straw manufacturer Eagle Beverage and Accessory Products LLC has opened an injection molding plant to expand into the market for polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) cutlery. The ...

Which metal straw is best? People all over the world are moving away from disposable plastic straws because of their detrimental impact on the environment. Some restaurants and other businesses have ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In a warehouse area of the Wabash Center on Lafayette's north end, little plastic chips are fed into a machine to be colored red and spun into the shape of a drinking straw. As the ...