More than 390 million plastic straws are used every day in the United States, most for 30 minutes or less, according to advocacy group Turtle Island Restoration Network.

Paper straws sit on a bar in San Francisco in 2018. President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal agencies to stop ...

Plastic straw ban? Not quite, as West Lafayette pushes restaurants to cut back Short of a ban, West Lafayette's measure calls on restaurants to cut back on use of plastic straws and other utensils.

A national policy shift has reignited debate over plastic straws, as President Donald Trump’s administration defends single-use plastics and criticizes paper alternatives for being costly ...

The culture wars over plastic straws came roaring back Friday, as President Donald Trump vowed to sign an executive order next week ending a Biden-era effort to phase them out by 2027. Paper ...

FILE- A large soft drink with a plastic straw from a McDonald's restaurant is shown in Surfside, Fla., May 24, 2018. Credit: AP/Wilfredo Lee ...

A plastic straw is displayed in a glass of milk, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Cincinnati. Credit: AP/Joshua A. Bickel “It’s easy to just kind of almost poke fun of this, ignore it,” she said ...

Paper straws sit on a bar in San Francisco in 2018. President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal agencies to stop ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. Wednesday, July 2 ...

The movement against plastic straws began around 2011, when a 9-year-old from Vermont estimated — with input from straw manufacturers — that U.S. consumers throw away half a billion straws ...

Late in 2015, plastic straws suddenly became a global talking point because people were finally recognizing the damage they cause to wildlife, especially sea life.