During his 2020 reelection bid, the Trump campaign sold Trump-branded plastic straws because "liberal paper straws don’t work,” the campaign's online store said at the time.

The costs of paper vs. plastic Part of Trump’s executive order was aimed at reducing the price of paper straws, which can cost between five to 12 cents per unit.

Plastic straws aren’t recyclable and aren’t biodegradable, like paper straws. They first gained popularity in the 2010s, after a video of a turtle with a plastic straw stuck up its nose gained ...

Whether you use paper or plastic products — what happens to them when you throw them away? Andre Felton is a UTSA doctoral student who studies microplastics.

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., said Wednesday during a CNN climate change forum that the U.S. should ban plastic straws while answering a question about curbing the country’s ...

Mr. Trump has previously slammed paper straws, an initiative by then-President Biden to phase out the use of single-use plastics, like plastic straws, from food service operations, events, and ...

Is the Trump paper straw ban really about his shark phobia? Trump signed a plastic straw executive order and claimed it won’t ‘affect a shark very much.’ But he once said, ‘I hope all the ...

Kind spent more than two years designing a replacement for its iconic clear plastic packaging. Now the company is ready to debut its new paper wrapper.