A flat, plastic lid that does not need a straw is shown on a cup of Starbucks iced tea on July 9, 2018 in Sausalito, California. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images.

Plastic straw bans are alive and well today, with new proposals still cropping up at the state and city levels. But eliminating plastic straws is no longer the go-to goal of the anti-plastic movement.

President Donald Trump is known to drink many Diet Cokes, but one thing you’re not likely to ever see him using again is a paper straw. “We’re going back to plastic straws,” Trump ...

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 ...

The straws are not recyclable because they are so small, and they take at least 200 years to decompose, the network said. They break down into incredibly tiny bits of plastic smaller than a ...

Plastic straws are usually thrown away after one use, going on to litter beaches and waterways and potentially killing marine animals that mistake them for food. The straws are not recyclable ...

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 straws take up to 200 years to decompose, according to the World Wildlife Fund. During that time, they break down into microplastics, which end up in human bodies, ...

Legislation from the 152nd Delaware General Assembly goes into effect today. Senate Bill 51, which prohibits food ...