Feb 11, 2025 · ENDING THE FORCED USE OF PAPER STRAWS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to end the procurement and forced use of paper straws. The Federal government is directed...

Feb 10, 2025 · An irrational campaign against plastic straws has resulted in major cities, States, and businesses banning the use or automatic inclusion of plastic straws with beverages. Plastic straws are often replaced by paper straws, which are nonfunctional, use chemicals that may carry risks to human health, are more expensive to produce than plastic ...

5 days ago · (i) The elimination of all policies within the executive branch designed to disfavor plastic straws; (ii) Contract policies and terms with entities, including States, that ban or penalize plastic straw purchase or use; and (iii) All other available tools to achieve the policy of this order nationwide. Sec. 3. General Provisions.

5 days ago · The executive order reverts the order that his second-term predecessor Joe Biden made that aimed to get rid of plastic straws by 2027 and phasing out all single use plastics by 2035. [ 2 ] President Trump has been against paper straws for a long time, his 2020 reelection campaign sold Trump-branded reusable plastic straws for $15 per pack of 10.

Feb 10, 2025 · We’re going back to plastic straws,” Trump said as he signed an executive order to reverse federal purchasing policies that encourage paper straws and restrict plastic ones. The order directs federal agencies to stop buying paper straws “and otherwise ensure that paper straws are no longer provided within agency buildings.”

Feb 10, 2025 · President Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to return to using plastic straws. “We’re going back to plastic straws,” he said, adding that paper straws “don’t...

WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order aimed at encouraging the U.S. government and consumers to buy plastic drinking straws, pushing back ...

Feb 11, 2025 · US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order ending a US government effort to replace plastic straws with paper. The order, which takes effect immediately, reverses a measure...

Feb 11, 2025 · President Trump signed an executive order Monday, decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws," and stating that it is "the policy of the United States to end the use of paper straws."

Feb 7, 2025 · President Donald Trump has said he will end what he called a “ridiculous” Biden-era push to phase out single-use plastics in federal agencies by 2035 in efforts to combat plastic pollution,...