The bill would preempt local governments from enacting single-use plastic bans without adding environmental requirements for ...
However, were their replacement, those paper straws, actually effective? If it weren't for the environment, few people would ...
The proposal cites health and accessibility concerns and could override local paper straw mandates statewide passed ...
Florida lawmakers introduce a 2026 bill to limit local paper straw mandates, highlighting PFAS 'forever chemicals' linked to ...
Florida bill would ban paper straws following Trump's executive order regarding regulations. State lawmakers say alternatives ...
Trump signed an executive order to review federal policies restricting plastic straws, targeting the Biden administration’s policy to phase out single-use plastics. Trump criticizes paper straws, ...
A decade ago, a video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril went viral, spurring a wave of activism aimed at curtailing plastic pollution. The disposable plastic straw became the ...
Every day, Americans toss 500 million plastic straws in the trash. That's enough to fill 125 school buses, or circle the ...
A bill introduced in Florida takes aim at paper drinking straws and stirrers at food businesses and restaurants.