Trump signed an executive order this week in favor of plastic straws over paper ones. As the debate rages on, here’s why you ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. On Monday ...

President Donald Trump moves to lift ban on plastic straws. New Jersey, New York among states with plastic straw bans in ...

Trump signed an Executive Order to end the use of paper straws. Here’s what to know about the history of plastic straws.

Then-President Joe Biden had vowed in July of 2024 to ‘phase out’ plastics in federal food service, with the end of ...

Apparently it might not have been the last straw. Or plastic bag, for that matter. Just months away from New Jersey reaching ...

What to know about President Donald Trump’s executive order encouraging the federal government and consumers to buy plastic ...

Moving away from single-use plastics, including straws, had been the policy of President Joe Biden’s administration. It cited ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away ...

The executive order Trump signed will undercut the former administration’s 2022 initiative to phase out single-use plastics, including straws, containers and bottles, from federal buildings by 2032 ...

Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.