The bill would preempt local governments from enacting single-use plastic bans without adding environmental requirements for alternatives.

The proposal cites health and accessibility concerns and could override local paper straw mandates statewide passed ...

President Donald Trump is known to drink many Diet Cokes, but one thing you’re not likely to ever see him using again is a paper straw. “We’re going back to plastic straws,” Trump announced after ...

Trump signed an executive order to review federal policies restricting plastic straws, targeting the Biden administration’s policy to phase out single-use plastics. Trump criticizes paper straws, ...

A bill introduced in Florida takes aim at paper drinking straws and stirrers at food businesses and restaurants.

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 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Florida bill is taking aim at paper straws. A bill has been introduced in both the House and Senate that would require jurisdictions with straw laws to allow options other ...

However, were their replacement, those paper straws, actually effective? If it weren't for the environment, few people would ...

When US President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to return to plastic straws, claiming the paper version is ineffective and "disgustingly dissolves in your mouth," he was widely criticized for ...

Every day, Americans toss 500 million plastic straws in the trash. That's enough to fill 125 school buses, or circle the ...

President Trump, in his latest move to roll back Biden-era environmental initiatives, is pledging to make plastic straws great again. “I will be signing an Executive Order next week ending the ...