In his executive order, Trump says paper straws are “nonfunctional,” use harmful chemicals and are sometimes wrapped in ...

“‘Back to Plastic’ is a movement we should all get behind.” FILE – Wrapped plastic straws are seen at a bubble tea cafe in San Francisco, July 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) More ...

He also expressed amazement that paper straws were sometimes wrapped in plastic. 'The paper straws come wrapped in cellophane, do you ever see this? I mean, what's going on?' he asked in January 2024.

It also noted that the paper straws “sometimes come individually wrapped in plastic, undermining the environmental argument for their use.” Under the executive order, government agencies have ...

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning federal agencies from using paper straws. The order directs agencies to stop purchases of paper straws and calls for a strategy to phase ...

The fate of paper straws is in jeopardy, but will they still exist in Massachusetts? President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday, Feb. 10 banning the federal use of paper straws ...

Don’t like paper straws? Neither does President Donald Trump. On Monday, Trump signed an executive order effectively reversing a measure from the Biden Administration to replace plastic straws ...

(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File) FILE- A large soft drink with a plastic straw from a McDonald's restaurant is shown in Surfside, Fla., May 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File) FILE - Wrapped ...

FILE – Wrapped plastic straws are seen at a bubble tea cafe in San Francisco, July 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) by: MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press ...