However, she said, paper straws are still single-use waste items. “Unless you are getting rid of single-use items in natural places filled with wildlife, swapping plastic straws for paper straws ...

Food packaging ... Plastic straws can be recycled together with used cartons if they are pushed back into the box, the company said. Tetra Pak is developing a paper straw but it said it would ...

Single-use plastic straws and plates have been banned in the European Union (EU) since 2021, 1 but some other types of food packaging containing plastics, such as paper cups, have been harder to ...