Trump signed an Executive Order to end the use of paper straws. Here’s what to know about the history of plastic straws.

The US government has scrapped paper straws to go back to plastic. So why are the plastic variety restricted in many ...

“Plastic is not part of our diet for a reason,” Leffel said. “No straws [would] be a better solution, because reducing waste is what we want to do.” On average, it takes 200 years for a plastic straw ...

When US President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to return to plastic straws, claiming the paper version is ...

We’re going back to plastic straws,” Trump told White House reporters as he signed the order Monday. “These things don’t work,” he added, referring to paper straws. “I’ve had them ...

Trump signed an executive order this week in favor of plastic straws over paper ones. As the debate rages on, here’s why you really don’t need straws.

The president claimed plastic straws won’t “affect a shark very much.” But he’d previously declared, “I hope all the sharks die.” ...

Is the paper straw really dead ... Nuñez was one of the first people to start advocating for ditching plastic straws, back in 2009. In the early days, pre-turtle video, there were a lot of ...

We’re going back to plastic straws,” Trump said as he signed an executive order to reverse federal purchasing policies that encourage paper straws and restrict plastic ones. The order directs ...