Early last year, McDonald’s U.K. announced that it would phase out its usage of plastic straws in response to a…

I was revisiting old bylines when I came to the realization: For more than one-third of my life—37% of every year…

Soon, all U.S. Shake Shacks will eschew the standard straw in service of sustainability, instead importing boxes of…

California Republican Congressman Devin Nunes is apparently not a fan of recent legislation that prohibits servers…

According to the Strawless Ocean program, it’s estimated that over 500 million straws are used in America every day,…

We at The Takeout write about food every day, which means our most faithful readers (you guys are the best!) read…

Collins Dictionary, published by HarperCollins in Glasgow, may not be as familiar to many Americans as the old…

Adding to the growing movement to rid the world of environmentally-dangerous-and-hazardous-to-ocean-life straws,…

The “Ban Plastic Straws” movement gained a lot of momentum across the country in 2018. On Sunday, Seattle became the…

The movement to reduce or eliminate the use of plastic straws has been picking up steam, as evidenced by a pair of…

In May, Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the U.K. will look into banning plastic straws and stirrers, as…

On a recent night out at a tony and cosmopolitan downtown restaurant, our group was treated to a delightful cocktail…

The Chicago White Sox have chosen to eliminate plastic straws from their ballpark for the rest of their season,…

Continuing its self-improvement goodwill streak, McDonald’s announces today that it will start using paper straws…

In a move that seems right in line with recent legislation designed to rid landfills of plastic bags and disposable…