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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 announced after ...

Half a billion straws are used in the United States every day, according to a popular — but perhaps not the most scientific — estimate. The biggest buyer: the federal government, which buys more ...

FILE - Wrapped plastic straws are seen at a bubble tea cafe in San Francisco, July 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he is banning federal use ...

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The bill would preempt local governments from enacting single-use plastic bans without adding environmental requirements for ...

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