Growing evidence indicates that plastics can cause harmful health effects in humans and animals. Microplastics and smaller ...

Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations ...

Illinois paper straw business craters after Trump's push for plastic Boss Straw’s sales plunged 85% after Trump signed an executive order barring federal agencies from buying paper straws.

Plastic straws, once public enemy No. 1, are back in the government’s good graces. The news is hard to swallow for paper straw lovers. Trump’s executive order is fueling the return to plastic.

WROC Rochester. Roc Paper Straws responds to executive order on plastic straws. Posted: March 10, 2025 | Last updated: March 19, 2025. There has long been a push to stop the use of plastic straws ...

Machinery used to make paper straws at Guy’s E. Paper in Woodstock. President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban paper straws puts Guy’s business at risk of closing down.

In his executive order, Trump says paper straws are “nonfunctional,” use harmful chemicals and are sometimes wrapped in plastic, “undermining the environmental argument for their use.” ...

But now, two years in, Spinelli says the party is over. President Donald Trump’s executive order last month calling to “end the use of paper straws” dealt a swift, decisive blow to his ...

A recent executive order from President Donald Trump reverses the push for paper straws in favor of plastic ones based on the claim that paper straws don’t work, which isn’t true.

President Donald Trump's waded into the contentious debate over paper versus plastic straws with an executive order Monday favoring the plastic variety.. The president ordered federal agency and ...