Donald Trump’s Sign Signs of Orders Turning Us to Plastic Straws to Change Us
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to end the US government’s efforts to replace plastic straw and other items with materials such as paper.
The order, which will soon be effective, reverses the measures signed by former President Joe Biden, who called plastic pollution a “crisis.”
Last week, Trump, who sold the brand’s plastic straws during the 2020 election campaign, said the paper straws “doesn’t move” and “despite” blended into consumers’ mouths.
In 2024, Biden gradually stopped buying plastic straws by the US government and cutting down plastics and packaging.
“We’re back to plastic straws,” Trump told White House reporters on Monday.
“These things don’t work, I’ve had them many times, and sometimes they break, they explode. That’s a ridiculous situation,” Trump said.
As part of a broader effort to target plastic pollution, the Biden administration has gradually staged plastics from food packaging, operations and events by 2027, and by 2035, gradually stepped down abolition plastics from all federal operations by 2035. It was announced that the company will be gradually progressing, gradually progressing, gradually progressing, gradually progressing, gradually progressing, gradually progressing, and progressing.
Trump has been a longtime critic of paper straws.
During his re-elected campaign in 2020, he eventually sold a “Trump” branded plastic straw – for $15 for 10 packs – to replace what he called a “liberal” paper straw.
In total, the campaign is telling nearly $500,000 from straw sales in the first few weeks alone.
Some statistics Place the number of disposable drinking straws to use In the US, 500 million people a year – that number is hotly contested, and the true total could be about half.
Many US cities and states, including Seattle, Washington. California; Oregon; New Jersey – Adopt rules restricting the use of plastic straws, or require businesses to offer them only after being asked by customers.
According to statistics from the United Nations Environment Programme, 460 million tonnes of plastic are produced each year, contributing to marine waste and microplastics that can affect human health.
However, paper straw has been shown to contain substantial amounts of “eternal chemicals” such as polyfluoroalkyl substances and PFA.
PFAs can stay in the environment for decades, pollute the water supply and cause a variety of health issues.