Back then, the movement to eliminate plastic straws was taking off. Although it had begun in 2011 with a 9-year-old in Burlington, Vermont, attention to the issue exploded in 2015 when a YouTube ...

On Friday, Trump said he would sign an executive order “ending the ridiculous Biden push for paper straws, which don’t work.” “BACK TO PLASTIC!” he posted on his social media platform ...

We’re going back to plastic straws,” Trump told White House reporters as he signed the order Monday. “These things don’t work,” he added, referring to paper straws.

"I will be signing an Executive Order next week ending the ridiculous Biden push for Paper Straws, which don't work," Trump posted Friday. "BACK TO PLASTIC!" If signed, the executive order would ...

President Trump, in his latest move to roll back Biden-era environmental initiatives, is pledging to make plastic straws great again. “I will be signing an Executive Order next week ending the ...

During his 2020 reelection bid, the Trump campaign sold Trump-branded plastic straws because "liberal paper straws don’t work,” the campaign's online store said at the time.

BACK TO PLASTIC!” Trump has made his dislike for paper straws known for years, even selling his own brand of plastic straws back in 2019 when he ran for reelection.

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump is ready to ditch paper straws and go back to plastic. Trump, in a post on Truth Social Friday, said he will issue an executive order that rolls back efforts ...

Trump's action rolls back steps taken by the Biden administration to cut plastic pollution. Last year, Biden pledged to start phasing out the federal government's purchasing of plastic straws and ...

Trump's action rolls back steps taken by the Biden administration to cut plastic pollution. Last year, Biden pledged to start phasing out the federal government's purchasing of plastic straws and ...

Of the samples, 90% of the paper straws harbored forever chemicals compared to 75% of plastic straws. Getty Images/iStockphoto Fortunately, low concentrations of PFAS, such as the amounts ingested ...

Trump said he would sign an executive order reversing Biden’s federal plastic straw ban next week. REUTERS Trump appeared to be referring to former President Joe Biden’s July 2024 promise to ...