Lids are the only exception in a proposed ordinance going before the City Council tonight to ban single-use plastic in restaurants and grocery stores throughout the city. As currently written, the ...

Louisiana should tighten up its open container law by requiring drive-through daiquiri shops to use lids that can't be punctured by a straw. Doing so wouldn't prevent a customer who's determined to ...

San Francisco supervisors voted Tuesday to give plastic straws the cold shoulder, following the lead of Seattle, another eco-conscious West Coast city where a ban went into effect this month. The San ...

STORES KEPT OUT OF LANDFILLS IN THE FUTURE. THIS NEW ORDINANCE BANS MORE ITEMS THAN JUST PLASTIC BAGS. IT ALSO SEEKS TO ELIMINATE PLASTIC STRAWS AND CONTAINERS FROM CITY BUSINESSES. >> I COULD DO ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- San Francisco supervisors voted Tuesday to give plastic straws the cold shoulder, following the lead of Seattle, another eco-conscious West Coast city where a ban went into ...