VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- At Kaweah Container, corrugated boxes are the bread and butter of the business. They've been making them for decades, shipping them to customers in California and the west ...

Paper straw manufacturer Aardvark has seen demand grow by as much as 50-fold as environmentalists call for an end to single-use plastics. It’s great for business, but their old factory wasn’t cutting ...

The paper straw, Guy Spinelli was sure, would be the way of the future. After 50 years toiling in the country’s paper mills, the 75-year-old plunked his life savings into creating a “24 hours strong” ...

Boss Straw touts its product as the “best, earth-friendly paper straw in the world.” But since February, sales have plummeted 85% at the paper straw maker in Woodstock. Nearly 14 million paper straws ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a mission to save the planet one paper straw at a time, mother-daughter team Kathryn and Karrie Laughton, has launched Roc Paper Straws, the nation's ...

If you're concerned about your exposure to forever chemicals, you may want to ditch your paper straw. In 2023, researchers from the University of Antwerp, Belgium, published a study in the journal ...

For almost 20 years, bar proprietor Karrie Laughton and her crew paired plastic straws with drinks for patrons at the "kick ass dive bar" Lux Lounge on South Avenue. But after seeing video of a sea ...

A new Burbank business is looking to ride the wave of new sustainability-focused products aimed at making the environment cleaner. Officials at Turtyle, a paper-straw manufacturing business based in ...

For nearly two decades, Cloveridge Converting in northeast Wisconsin primarily turned paper rolls into towels and wipes for dairy farmers. Recently, owner Jeff Jaco decided to acquire a paper straws ...

Donald Trump recently surprised the world again by signing an action to end what he describes as the “forced use” of paper straws. Although there is some merit in the argument the White House presents ...