Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. On Monday, President ...

President Donald Trump is making his opinion known regarding the debate between paper and plastic straws. The president signed an executive order on Monday creating a policy aimed at phasing out paper ...

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

With Donald Trump announcing plans to bring back plastic straws because he doesn't like paper ones, attention has turned to the potential public health risks of the move. The Republican president is ...

When US President Donald Trump vowed to end the "ridiculous situation" of paper straws with an executive order recently, he ...

Half a billion straws are used in the United States every day, according to a popular — but perhaps not the most scientific — estimate. The biggest buyer: the federal government, which buys more ...

A decade ago, a video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril went viral, spurring a wave of activism aimed at curtailing plastic pollution. The disposable plastic straw became the ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. On Monday, President ...

Plastic straws, left, sit next to paper straws on display for sale in Cincinnati on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) (AP) — Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about ...

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtle's nose sparked outrage worldwide and ...