Yiwu, China ... the plastic straw market in the mid-1990s and has earned the moniker "King of Plastic Straws" in Chinese media, sees opportunities as the market shifts and straw manufacturers ...

Orders for paper straws are skyrocketing as bans for the plastic ones multiply. David Rhodes of Aardvark Straws tells NPR's Ailsa Chang his paper straw ... China. Is that why you have a closed ...

Its source, as it turns out, is a 9-year-old who conducted a phone survey of three straw manufacturers ... 1% of plastic going into the oceans. That’s compared to countries like China, which ...

industry experts say at least a dozen have cropped up since the country’s first plastic straw bans went into effect in 2018, making inroads into a slice of manufacturing long dominated by China.

It is just one of a handful of factories remaining in the US manufacturing plastic straws after much of the industry moved abroad to China. Mr Trump has repeatedly railed against paper straws.

China’s vow to clean up the country by reducing plastic waste in 2021 is moving full steam ahead, with more local governments joining the campaign last week. Announcing its action plan ...

But it’s small manufacturers such as Queensland’s Austraw that will be hit hardest. The business will phase out plastic ... China as part of the brand’s products. It’s this segment of the ...

Image: Ross Boyajian, the president of plastic straw company ... handful of factories remaining in the US manufacturing plastic straws after much of the industry moved abroad to China.