Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Feb. 10, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending the procurement and use of paper straws at federal agencies.

Plastic straws can take up to 200 years to decompose, fragmenting into smaller "microplastics" that have lasting impacts on ecosystems.

Trump signed an Executive Order to end the use of paper straws. Here’s what to know about the history of plastic straws.

More than 400 million metric tons of plastic is produced annually, and only a small fraction is recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, or leaks into the natural environment, which is impacting ...

STUART, Fla. — Businesses in Stuart can once again use plastic straws after a more than five-year ban was repealed by commissioners this week. Commissioners voted 3-2 Monday to repeal the ordinance, ...

YORK, ME ‒ A local ban on plastic straws, stir sticks, and utensils will take effect May 18, even as an executive order signed earlier this year by President Donald Trump takes aim at paper straws. In ...

The giant hotel chain became the latest company to announce it will stop using plastic straws, saying it would remove them from its more than... The days of plastic straws are drawing shorter.

On Feb. 10, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending the procurement and use of paper straws at federal agencies. It was a stark reversal from the Biden era, in which the former ...