And Bon Appétit Management, a food-service company with 1,000 US locations, announced last May that it's phasing out plastic straws as well ... like grocery bags, cups, and cutlery — due ...

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Top to bottom: paper straw, new biomass plastic straw, old plastic straw The new straw is just a little shorter than the old plastic one, but potentially will reach closer to your mouth from the ...

Carolyn Thomas, a visitor to Fort Myers Beach, enjoyed her iced tea with a biodegradable straw and shared her thoughts on plastic use. “If I had it my way, we wouldn’t even have plastic cups.

Examples are things like straws ... but what happens to the plastic cups they use for iced drinks such as smoothies and frappe lattes? Watchdog Live carried out an investigation to find out.

The city has held consultations with citizens and businesses since 2016 to develop a strategy to reduce single-use items, such as plastic and paper bags, disposable cups, and plastic straws.