Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations ...

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome ...

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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 straws.

YORK, Maine — The town's 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 aims to end the ...

Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to reverse former President Joe Biden’s plastic straw ban — and eco-conscious zealots aren’t happy.

Posted: March 10, 2025 | Last updated: March 10, 2025 There has long been a push to stop the use of plastic straws in favor of environmentally friendly alternatives, like paper ones.

"Straws are just the beginning — 'Back to Plastic' is a movement we should all get behind," said Matt Seaholm, CEO of the Plastics Industry Association, in a statement following the executive order.

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 ...

The executive order Trump signed will undercut the former administration’s 2022 initiative to phase out single-use plastics, including straws, containers and bottles, from federal buildings by ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to end the federal procurement of paper straws. The order, which claims that paper straws are “nonfunctional” and says it wants to ...