Donald Trump signs order shifting US back towards plastic straws

The president has long been a critic of paper straws, which he says don't work and dissolve too easily.

British Broadcasting CorporationWatch LiveHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC InDepthBBC VerifySportBusinessExecutive LoungeTechnology of BusinessFuture of BusinessInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceAI v the MindCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsArtsArts in MotionTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveAudioWeatherNewslettersTrump signs order shifting US back toward plastic straws13 hours agoBernd Debusmann JrBBC NewsReporting fromWhite HouseWatch: Moment Trump signs executive order against paper strawsUS 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 signed by former President Joe Biden, who had called plastic pollution a "crisis".

Last week, Trump - who sold branded plastic straws during his 2020 election campaign - said paper straws "don't work" and "disgustingly" dissolve in the mouths of consumers.

In 2024, Biden ordered a gradual end to US government purchases of plastic straws, as well as plastic cutlery and packaging.

Trump's directive orders government agencies to stop buying paper straws and calls for a strategy to eliminate them nationwide.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2k574ydyyqo


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