When it's time to give up bottles, sippy cups make the transition easier without interfering with oral development. I ...

The executive order establishes a new U.S. policy “to end the use of paper straws,” which the president called “ridiculous.” President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting the ...

Plastic straw partisans are now on the offensive in the straw wars. Monday evening, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing federal agencies to halt their purchases of paper ...

In 2023, volunteers associated with the organization collected 416,000 plastic straws from beaches and waterways, which is about the same as the number of plastic cups and plates, and slightly ...

“Most people will do just fine with no straws.” For many people with mobility and strength issues or other health conditions, it can be difficult to lift cups high enough or to drink without ...

And while Trump’s executive order opens the door for plastic straws again, it could also open the floodgates to plastic plates, to-go containers and cups. “Trump is now enabling federal ...

WASHINGTON — 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.

straws, cups, cutlery and plastic bags. The agency had been complying with an executive order, called “Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability,” aimed at ...

Trump signed an executive order forbidding the federal government to purchase paper straws. He’s also tasking the executive branch with developing a “National Strategy to End the Use of Paper ...