The plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. ... Trump signs executive order to keep plastic straws. Published: Feb. 12, 2025, 6:29 a.m.

The culture wars over plastic straws came roaring back Friday, as President Donald Trump vowed to sign an executive order next week ending a Biden-era effort to phase them out by 2027.

WASHINGTON — President Trump inked an executive order Monday night reversing former President Joe Biden’s ban on plastic straws in the federal government. “We’re going back to plastic ...

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 ...

FULL LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT “Crooked Joe’s MANDATE, ‘NO PLASTIC STRAWS, ONLY PAPER,’ IS DEAD!,” the president wrote on social ...

US Environment 'BACK TO PLASTIC!': Trump vows executive order ending 'ridiculous' push for paper straws Blue states like California and New York have laws limiting single-use plastic straws ...

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.

Stock image of plastic straws. Naumen Sheikh/JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images What To Know. Plastic straws were previously sold during Trump's campaign for his 2020 presidential election race.

President Donald Trump said Feb. 7 he plans an executive order next week pushing back on Biden administration agenda to limit plastic straws.

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 ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday, Feb. 10, encouraging the U.S. government and public to go back to using plastic straws following the Biden Administration’s push to ...

United States President, Donald Trump has signed an executive order ending a US government effort to replace plastic straws with paper. DAILY POST reports that the order reverses a measure signed ...