CBS Reports that a study led by Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge found that cigarette butts are an even bigger problem than plastic straws. The report found that cigarette butts left in grass and soil cause stunted plant growth and that cigarette butts are the most pervasive man-made contaminant and most littered item worldwide. CBS says researchers found that this waste cuts down the germination success of grass 10 percent and shortens the shoot length of a clover by up t...

People who want straws with their drinks at California restaurants will have to ask for them under a new state law.  

The resort's decision is effective immediately and includes cocktail stirrers and cocktail sipping straws.

The company becomes the largest food and beverage company operating globally to do so.

A few local bars are doing away with the plastic straws that come with drinks. 

One hundred San Diego County restaurants are pledging to cut down on plastic waste by eliminating plastic straws.