President Donald Trump has signed an executive order ending the federal government's procurement and forced use of paper straws, citing their inefficiency and impracticality. This move comes after Musk's criticism of paper straws and aligns with the Trump administration's stance against what it perceives as unnecessary environmental regulations.
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk seem to share a common disdain for paper straws . Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and Trump's head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has voiced his opinions on paper straws and strawless lids in the past. In 2022, for example, he wrote on X, 'Stop the war on straws!' Musk also labeled paper straws 'the worst' in a more recent August 2024 post on the social media platform.
Paper straws and other alternatives to plastic straws have gained popularity over the past decade due to concerns about environmental impact and plastic pollution.Now, Trump has issued an executive order to 'end the procurement and forced use of paper straws.' ' We're going back to plastic straws. These things don't work. I've had many times and on occasion they break, they explode. If something's hot, they don't last very long. Like a matter of minutes. Sometimes a matter of seconds. It's a ridiculous situation. So we're going back to plastic straws,' Trump stated on Monday as he signed the executive order. Trump's executive order followed his hints late last week on Truth Social that he would issue one 'ending the ridiculous Biden push for Paper Straws, which don’t work.' 'BACK TO PLASTIC!' he wrote. Trump's announcement prompted Musk to praise him as the 'Greatest President ever.'During July of last year, the Biden administration proposed phasing out 'federal procurement of single-use plastics from food service operations, events, and packaging by 2027, and from all federal operations by 2035.' The administration cited an ongoing 'plastic pollution crisis' as the reason behind this move and other efforts. Straws, cups, forks, knives, and spoons are common examples of single-use plastics used for food. Prior to the Biden administration's July 2024 efforts to eliminate single-use plastics from government operations, the Department of Interior had issued a 2022 order aiming to move away from single-use plastics on lands it managed by 2032 by working to 'reduce the procurement, sale and distribution' of such products. Even as some studies revealed that 90% of paper straws tested contained forever chemicals compared to 75% of plastic straws, the Interior Department's actions were part of an executive order signed by Biden in December 2021. Fox News Digital’s Aubrie Spady contributed to this report
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