President Donald Trump at the White House after signing an order for the federal government to replace paper straws with plastic on February 10, 2025, in Washington D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images ...

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. Paper ...

Paper straws sit on a bar in San Francisco in 2018. President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal agencies to stop ...

'The irrational campaign against plastic straws has forced Americans to use nonfunctional paper straws,' a White House fact sheet reads By Landon Mion Fox News Published February 11, 2025 5:43am EST ...

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 ...

Among all the claims against paper straws in the document, the White House highlighted the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, commonly known as “forever chemicals” in ...

The White House also argues that plastic straws are "an insignificant share of pollution," and that the United States is not the biggest source of plastic marine debris.

In 2020, the Trump campaign went all in on plastic straws, selling Trump-branded plastic straw merch. In office, the Biden administration refrained from launching a national war on plastic straws.

“It’s a ridiculous situation. We’re going back to plastic straws,” Trump told reporters while signing the order in the White House on Monday. “These things don’t work. I’ve had them ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump is pictured at the White House after signing an order for the federal government to stop using paper straws and begin using plastic straws on February 10, 2025, in ...

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 ...