Trump pushes for plastic straws

 U.S. President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper straws "don't work."

 Trump signed an executive order Monday, saying: "It's a ridiculous situation. We're going back to plastic straws."

 The move by Trump – who has long railed against paper straws, and whose 2019 reelection campaign sold Trump-branded reusable plastic straws for $15 per pack of 10 – targets a Biden administration policy to phase out federal purchases of single-use plastics, including straws, from food service operations, events and packaging by 2027. and from all federal operations by 2035.

 "Enjoy your next drink without a straw that disgustingly dissolves in your mouth!!!" Trump said on his Truth Social site over the weekend, in a post that declared former President Joe Biden's policy "DEAD!"

 Plastic waste floats in the sea. /VCG

 Plastic manufacturing releases planet-warming greenhouse gases and other dangerous pollutants. More than 90 percent of plastic products are derived from fossil fuels such as oil and natural gas, and millions of tons of plastic waste enter the world's oceans every year.