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.
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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.
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