Half a billion straws are used in the United States every day, according to a popular — but perhaps not the most scientific — estimate. The biggest buyer: the federal government, which buys more ...

For nearly two decades, Cloveridge Converting in northeast Wisconsin primarily turned paper rolls into towels and wipes for dairy farmers. Recently, owner Jeff Jaco decided to acquire a paper straws ...

First, it was plastic bags. Now, the battleground in the war on bad-for-the-environment single-use plastics has shifted to a new front: the straw. As in, the straw that comes almost automatically with ...