Trump will drink his Diet Cokes with plastic straws, while human health and environmental activists are likely to try to step-up their campaigns against plastic and forever chemicals.

The ordinance is taking effect at a time when President Donald Trump has said he wants plastic straws to make a comeback.

President Trump vowed to sign an executive order ending a Biden-era effort to phase out single-use plastics — including straws — across the government by 2027.

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 ...

President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal agencies to stop buying paper straws.

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.

President Trump signs order shifting U.S. back to plastic straws. Here are South Florida cities with paper straw bans.

“Paper straws often come individually wrapped in plastic, undermining the environmental argument for their use,” his administration states on the White House’s official website.

Those plastic straws were replaced with paper straws that the White House order says are "nonfunctional, use chemicals that may carry risks to human health, are more expensive to produce than ...

President Donald Trump signed multiple executive orders on Monday, including one that directs the federal government to end its use of biodegradable paper straws and go back to plastic. Trump ...

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 ...