Drinking straws are at the center of the latest huge shift at the fast-food giant, and the development is already causing significant controversy amongst the ... the unique design of its straw ...

FinalStraw is a reusable straw that can be taken anywhere. It's made of stainless steel and medical grade TPE tubing. The company behind FinalStraw hopes to reduce the number of plastic drinking ...

said Hiromi Shigehisa, head of Omugi Club, a company based in the capital of Fukui Prefecture, as she showed a bunch of drinking straws in a light cream color. “They are wholly natural.” ...

In the UK, the fast-food giant has already decided to adopt biodegradable paper straws by 2019. And Bon Appétit Management, a food-service company with 1,000 US locations, announced last May that ...