On February 11th, US President Trump signed an executive order aimed at restoring the use of plastic straws. Previously, US President Trump stated on the 7th that he would block a plan by the Biden administration to gradually phase out the use of plastic straws within the federal government and switch to paper straws. He claimed that paper straws are not easy to use and announced his intention to ‘back to plastic’. In 2024, the Biden administration ordered the gradual phasing out of disposable plastics used in federal government catering services, events, and packaging by 2027, and planned to phase out disposable plastics in all other federal businesses by 2035.
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