Trump's plan to restore plastic straws sparks debate
Donald Trump announced that next week he will sign an executive order cancelling the plan of former U.S. President Joe Biden to phase out plastic straws by 2027. "Back to plastic!" declared the U.S. president on social media.
Donald Trump announced on the social media platform Truth Social that he plans to restore plastic straws, which the Joe Biden administration planned to phase out by 2027. Democrats supported the use of paper straws for environmental reasons.
The war on plastic straws in the USA
The debate over straw materials is part of a broader discussion about single-use plastics. The Biden administration also emphasized in its report the need to tighten regulations on plastic production. Trump intends to completely break away from this approach.
I will be signing an Executive Order next week ending the ridiculous Biden push for Paper Straws, which work. BACK TO PLASTIC! Trump wrote on his profile.
Trump against the climate change agreement
Biden's plan was part of a broader cultural shift affecting entire industries aiming to abandon plastic in favour of more eco-friendly solutions. The change in power in the U.S. means abandoning this vision. At the beginning of his second term, Trump decided to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement.
