Trump, plastic straws and executive order

Trump signs executive order on plastic drinking straws
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order aimed at encouraging the U.S. government and consumers to buy plastic drinking straws, pushing back efforts by his predecessor to phase out single-use plastics and tackle waste.
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Trump’s plastic straw order a missed opportunity, even for plastics
Similarly, the head of the Plastics Industry Association, who called Trump’s executive order an example of leadership, in 2022 told Congress that they’re OK with some EPR and bottle bills. Companies are making the business case for these laws.
Trump signs executive order ending 'forced use of paper straws'
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ending the "procurement and forced use of paper straws," fulfilling a promise the president made last week.
Trump signed an executive order to end use of paper straws. Will NC have to ban them?
It is therefore the policy of the United States to end the use of paper straws,” the action says. Here’s what it means for NC.
Trump signed an executive order for plastic straws. Will it impact Connecticut?
President Donald Trump signed an executive order shifting the U.S. back toward plastic straws and away from paper. Here's what it means for Connecticut.
Trump Signs Executive Order to Reinstate Plastic Straws
In a move that reverses environmental policies set by the previous administration, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to end the procurement and forced use of paper straws within federal operations.
Bring back plastic bags like Trump did for straws, N.J. lawmaker says
Or plastic bag, for that matter. Just months away from New Jersey reaching three years of banning single-use plastic bags in most stores and paper bags nearly everywhere, one state lawmaker is taking aim at the law.
Trump’s attack on paper straws is mostly symbolic — but the plastics industry is celebrating
President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to end the federal procurement of paper straws. The order, which claims that paper straws are “nonfunctional” and says it wants to end the “forced use” of them,
Korea to 'review' plastic straw ban as U.S. turns its back on paper
The announcement follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order, signed earlier last week, that reversed the Biden administration's initiative to eliminate single-use pla
Trump signs executive order reversing Biden’s plastic straw ban
Then-President Joe Biden had vowed in July of 2024 to ‘phase out’ plastics in federal food service, with the end of ...
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Executive order on straws misses the larger crisis of plastic’s impact on human health
The executive order Trump signed will undercut the former administration’s 2022 initiative to phase out single-use plastics, including straws, containers and bottles, from federal buildings by 2032 ...
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Trump signs executive order restoring plastic straw use in government
President Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to return to using plastic straws. “We’re ...
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‘Back to plastic': Trump signs order for plastic straws as he declares paper ones ‘don’t work’
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away ...