Plastic straws are often replaced by paper straws, which are nonfunctional, use chemicals that may carry risks to human health, are more expensive to produce than plastic straw ...

Paper straws, like paper cups, are often coated with plastics such as polyethylene or acrylic resin. This makes them difficult to recycle but also raises the risk of pollution. Some paper straws have ...

"I thought there should be a simple way to access a straw for drinking with a cup," said an inventor, from Silver Spring, Md., "so I invented the A Z CUP. My cup design eliminates the hassle and waste ...

but strong enough that it can punch through plastic lids and make it to the bottom of an ice-filled cup without disintegrating. “It is the best paper straw in the world,” Spinelli says.

The order, which claims that paper straws are “nonfunctional” and says ... which is about the same as the number of plastic cups and plates, and slightly smaller than the number of plastic ...