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It’s a ridiculous situation, so we’re going back to plastic straws.” The country’s paper straw industry, valued at about $600 million per year by market research firms, is relatively small.

The debate over plastic straws reaches back to the mid-2010s, when they suddenly became a pariah for their role in an exploding plastic waste crisis. Some cities and retailers banned plastic ...

In York, the prohibition on plastic straws will pertain to local stores, restaurants, coffee and tea shops, cafeterias, caterers, food delivery services, and town-sponsored events. Health care ...

YORK, ME ‒ A local ban on plastic straws, stir sticks, and utensils will take effect May 18, even as an executive order signed earlier this year by President Donald Trump takes aim at paper ...

As you’d expect, President Donald Trump’s recent executive order supporting plastic straws got glowing reviews in the plastics industry. But I think it’s more like a missed opportunity. It ...

Plastic straws, typically used for minutes and tossed away, became the rightful poster child for anti-plastic campaigners, such as me. But this is not about being alarmist.

A recent executive order from President Donald Trump reverses the push for paper straws in favor of plastic ones based on the claim that paper straws don’t work, which isn’t true. But the EO ...

Laughton spends a few nights every week hitting back at critics on social media who advocate for plastic, informing haters that the flimsy paper straws are likely made in other countries, whereas ...

Atlantic County Bring back plastic bags like Trump did for straws, N.J. lawmaker says Updated: Feb. 18, 2025, 6:15 p.m. | Published: Feb. 18, 2025, 11:58 a.m. By Steven Rodas | NJ Advance Media ...