Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Feb. 10, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending the procurement and use of paper straws at federal agencies.

Figgener said people still tell her the turtle video changed their habits — whether it made them stop using plastic straws, bring reusable bags to the grocery store or be more cognizant about their ...

Republican New York Rep. Claudia Tenney is introducing a bill in Congress to codify President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the use of paper straws, the Daily Caller has learned first. Trump ...

YORK, ME ‒ A local ban on plastic straws, stir sticks, and utensils will take effect May 18, even as an executive order signed earlier this year by President Donald Trump takes aim at paper straws. In ...

More than 400 million metric tons of plastic is produced annually, and only a small fraction is recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, or leaks into the natural environment, which is impacting ...

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 ...

The giant hotel chain became the latest company to announce it will stop using plastic straws, saying it would remove them from its more than... The days of plastic straws are drawing shorter.

On Feb. 10, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending the procurement and use of paper straws at federal agencies. It was a stark reversal from the Biden era, in which the former ...