VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- At Kaweah Container, corrugated boxes are the bread and butter of the business. They've been making them for decades, shipping them to customers in California and the west ...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- One of the biggest complaints many people have about paper straws is they just don’t last. But a small company in Mount Vernon is slowly trying to change that mindset as more ...

The paper straw, Guy Spinelli was sure, would be the way of the future. After 50 years toiling in the country’s paper mills, the 75-year-old plunked his life savings into creating a “24 hours strong” ...

Due to growing demand for paper straws, Aardvark Straws will expand its Fort Wayne, IN operations, creating more than 200 jobs by the end of 2021. Paper straw manufacturer Aardvark Straws will invest ...

From the time they were first invented in 1888 through the middle of the 20th century, all straws were paper. Older people might remember trying to drink milkshakes through straws that fell apart ...

For nearly two decades, Cloveridge Converting in northeast Wisconsin primarily turned paper rolls into towels and wipes for dairy farmers. Recently, owner Jeff Jaco decided to acquire a paper straws ...

For almost 20 years, bar proprietor Karrie Laughton and her crew paired plastic straws with drinks for patrons at the "kick ass dive bar" Lux Lounge on South Avenue. But after seeing video of a sea ...

Fort Wayne-based Aardvark Straws, the original U.S. producer of paper straws, plans to hire 70 workers to staff its new manufacturing plant. Aardvark said in a news release Monday that it would hire ...

Some paper and bamboo straws contain so-called "forever chemicals" that could make them a less-than-ideal alternative to plastic, researchers have found. Scientists in Belgium recently tested dozens ...

The paper straw, Guy Spinelli was sure, would be the way of the future. After 50 years toiling in the country’s paper mills, the 75-year-old plunked his life savings into creating a “24 hours strong” ...