“We did it! We made water straws from rice flour. We can stop using plastic straws now,” he said in a recent social media post, along with some photos of the colourful straws.

The straws are available in many different colours and are made from natural substances such as rice

A paper describes them as "the earliest material evidence of drinking through long tubes."

Experts have a new theory about a cache of Early Bronze Age gold and silver objects unearthed by Russian archaeologist Nikolai Veselovsky way back in 1897: the long, thin tubes were actually ancie

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Gold and silver tubes, each more than a metre long, were discovered in North Caucasus

A set of ancient gold and silver tubes dating to about 5,500 years ago and unearthed in North Caucasus in Russia could be the world’s oldest surviving drinking straws, experts have claimed.

The

Around 80% of marine debris and pollution is plastic, according to Pew Research. The Plastic Disclosure Project estimated that 33% of all manufactured plastic is only used once, and according to an EPA report, “every bit of plastic ever made still exists.” Yet, less than 9 percent of it is

Sault Ste. Marie’s prohibition on single-use plastic bags is coming, but not as quick as some councillors would like.

Council passed the bylaw Monday – with an amendment – that would put the ban in effect mid-February and enforcement a short period of time later to give all stakeho

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Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott arrive at the 61st Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2019. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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Minister of Environment Say Samal praised a Cambodian enterprise that makes straws from rice and vegetable matter rather than plastic, which he said is overused around the world.

“We did it! We made water straws from r

Juice drinks brand Ribena has introduced new paper straws to its cartons as part of efforts to cut plastic waste.

The brand is using a fully-recyclable and biodegradable U-bend paper straw developed by British manufacturer Transcend Packaging. The new paper straw design is being trialled