As the straws decompose, tiny particles called microplastics can further release these toxins into our environment. Plastic swizzle sticks, like the one received by the OP, aren’t any better.

From walls lined with clear plastic bins, a kaleidescope of candies ... dried kiwi fruit; rock candy on a swizzle stick; imported chocolates; and every kind of gummi, sour, and jelly bean ...

If you kneel down on Midway and stick your hand into the hot sand, you can pull up a troubling multicolored array of particles. These are what activists call the "new sand" -- plastic that has ...

The marg is served in a thick-stemmed martini glass over ice, so the solid plastic swizzle stick remains weighed down and perched along the side of the glass, a welcome reprieve from the paper ...

Almost 6 million tonnes of waste is generated on passenger flights each year. Squeeze and settle into your chair on a long-haul economy flight, and you might be offered a drink, in a plastic cup ...

Scientists have new evidence to explain why plastic is dangerous to sea turtles: the animals mistake the scent of plastic for food. Thus, a plastic bag floating in the sea not only looks like a ...

Place 1 tablespoon of water in a small plastic cup. Add ¼ teaspoon of borax ... of water in another cup and add 1 tablespoon of Elmer's glue. Stir with a popsicle stick until the glue and water are ...

Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution. Polyurethane is used in everything from phone cases to trainers, but is tricky to recycle and ...

By Hiroko Tabuchi Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked. In clouds. On Mount Everest. In Arctic snow. Now, for the first time, tiny plastic particles have been ...

You see photos of plastic pollution in the ocean, but it can be hard to connect that to the plastic you're buying and using every day. Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ...

175 nations agree to develop a legally binding agreement on plastic pollution by 2024, prompting a major step towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions from plastic production, use and disposal.