After 50 years toiling in the country’s paper mills, the 75-year-old plunked his life savings into creating a “24 hours strong” straw that he manufactures in Woodstock, Illinois, and sells to more ...

President Donald Trump has ordered his government to stop using paper straws. A better approach is to avoid using single-use ...

He also pointed out that the paper straws are sometimes wrapped in plastic. ‘The paper straws come wrapped in cellophane, do you ever see this? I mean, what’s going on?’ he remarked.

Donald Trump is against paper straws. The US President has now banned the federal use of paper straws. Instead, he wants the government to switch entirely to plastic. He has signed an executive order ...

President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper straws “don’t work.

"Additionally, paper straws sometimes come individually wrapped in plastic, undermining the environmental argument for their use." The order then directs heads of executive departments and ...

While this point may be debatable to some, the president’s executive order pointed out an enlightening fact: paper straws are often wrapped in plastic, too. President Trump’s order explained the issue ...