Trump has made a controversial decision to bring back an item that was being phased out nationwide, claiming the alternative ...

By 2019, many restaurant and cafe locations in California and Washington, D.C., had swapped plastic straws for paper alternatives. President Donald Trump, a noted fast food enthusiast, ...

Unlike plastic straws, which can take about 200 years to decompose, paper ones are supposed to do the same thing in just 60 days—a fraction of the time compared to plastic. Advertisement ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — President Trump issued an executive order on Monday, called Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws, that would put an end to the "irrational campaign" against ...

They may be “eco-friendly,” but McDonald’s new paper straws cannot be recycled -- and must be tossed along with general waste. McDonald’s last year eliminated plastic straws in all of its ...

One of this year's biggest drink trends isn't a cocktail, or even an ingredient—it's the controversial paper straw. The national push to eliminate plastic in drinks seemed to have started with ...

Left: President Donald Trump gestures at the White House in Washington, D.C., February 11, 2025. Right: Paper straws. (Nathan Howard/Reuters, Chiemi Kumitani/via Getty Images) ...

"So we're going back to plastic straws," he said. "These things don't work. I've had them many times. On occasion, they break, they explode. When something's hot they don't last very long, like a ...

She posted a viral TikTok video that’s accrued over 2.1 million views as of Sunday. In it, she sits in her car as she slanders Mickey D’s new straws while demonstrating their inefficacy.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday, Feb. 10 banning the federal use of paper straws, saying they “don’t work,” the Associated Press reported.