plastic ban

Delta Airlines decided to ditch the plastic straws and stirrers on all flights starting next year, in keeping with recent trends in the travel, hospitality, and restaurant industries to ditch plastic for paper.

Seattle announced Monday that it is the first major city in the United States to bar restaurants from serving plastic utensils and straws to its customers.

The European Commission has proposed a ban on a number of plastic items, including cutlery, straws, plates, stirrers, and cotton swabs.