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Mexico City With 9 Million People, Joins China By Enacting New Ban on Single-use Plastics and Straws in 2021
In Mexico City, after more than a year of behind-the-scenes work, a ban on single-use containers, cutlery, straws, cups, stirrers and other popular but...
Plastic Straws and Single-Use Bags Vanish From China as Ban Kicks In
In China, 2020 was bid farewell with a flurry of fireworks and the scratching off of 200 million metric tonnes of plastic straws from...
Canada is Banning Single-Use Plastic Bags, Straws, and Cutlery Next Year
Plastic is polluting our rivers, lakes, and oceans, harming wildlife, and generating microplastics in the water we use and drink. That's why the Canadian government...
New Biodegradable Carbon-Negative Straws and Forks Are Made From Greenhouse Gases–and They Dissolve in the Sea
A California company is employing ocean microorganisms to convert methane into physical material in order to make a line of single-use straws and cutlery.
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These Edible Straws Harness Nature to Replace Single-Use Plastic and Help Local Farmers
Harnessing nature to replace single-use plastics, Equo Straws are 100% biodegradable and come in 4 natural flavors sourced from local farming communities.
Jose Cuervo Turns Their Agave Tequila Waste into Durable, Biodegradable Straws
The “Agave Project” straws are being hailed as a first-of-its-kind model for recycling distillation waste into utensils that are similar to plastic.
More and More People Are Swapping Out Plastic Straws for Coconut Leaves Thanks to Café’s Facebook Post
One Filipino café is inspiring social media users to curb plastic waste by making straws out of rolled up coconut leaves.
Ben & Jerry’s Has Already Ditched Plastic Straws – And This Year They’re Going One Step Further
The ice cream brand has been using sustainable packaging since 2009 – but over the course of the next year, they're ditching plastic for good.
Disney Company Makes Environmental Dreams Come True By Ditching Plastic Straws, and More
Disneyland is now a place where a conservationist’s dreams can come true.
The company just announced that it will stop using single-use straws and plastic...
Starbucks is Largest Retailer Yet to Pledge a Phase-Out of Single-Use Plastic Straws
Starbucks gives away over 1 billion straws with their iced drinks every year – but not anymore, thanks to their latest environmental initiative.
Major League Baseball Team Hits Home Run for the Earth: Stops Serving Plastic Straws
The initiative, which already kicked off on Earth Day, has made them the first ever MLB team to ditch straws.
World’s Second Largest Fast Food Chain Begins Phase-Out of Plastic Straws
Plastic straws have just broke the back of yet another global food chain.
McDonald's announced on Wednesday that they would be joining the ranks of...
Heartfelt Letter From 5-Year-old Causes Restaurant Chain to Swap Plastic Straws for Paper
Ava couldn't bear to think about how her favorite restaurant chain was contributing to pollution – so she wrote them a moving letter asking them to make a change.
The Last Straw: California is the Latest to Take Action on Single-Use Plastic Straws
Plastic pollution sucks – which is why these regions and businesses are ditching plastic straws in favor of more environmentally friendly options.
Good News in History, January 3
156 years ago today, Emperor Mutsuhito announced the formal conclusion to the Tokugawa Shogunate, and thus launched the Meiji Restoration, one of the great...
Good News in History, July 4
19 years ago today, in quite unbelievable fashion, Greece beat Portugal 1-0 to become European champions for the first time in her history. Several...
Guinness is ‘Brewing Good’ by Cutting Carbon Footprint of its Barley Farms
My goodness—Guinness is going green. The Irish brewery is launching an agricultural program to make its stouts more sustainable.
It’s already tapped 40 Irish farms...
Warren Buffett Gives Another $4.1 Billion to Charity as ‘World’s Most Successful Investor’
On Wednesday, philanthropist and investor Warren Buffett announced he would be donating $4.1 billion to various charitable foundations.
The world's seventh-richest person explained how in...
12 Countries Have Built Roads Out of Plastic – And They Can Perform As Well or Better Than Asphalt
This article first appeared in Yale Environment 360 and is re-printed with permission.
A road running through Accra, Ghana’s capital, looks like any other blacktop....
We Use 6 Billion Face Masks a Day—But Scientists Have a Genius Way to Turn Them Into Roads
The idea of billions of people going through a few masks a week during this pandemic definitely rings alarm bells, but a team of...