plastic straws

The 47th President is determined to ‘make straws great again’. President Donald Trump has said that he will sign an executive order “ending the ridiculous Biden push for paper straws, which don’t work”. Biden’s administration had been working towards a target to eliminate single-used plastic utensils like drinking straws by 2035 in government departments. But Trump […]

1 year ago

This is as part of a crackdown on single-use plastics. Supermarket chain Aldi is introducing new, fully recyclable paper straws across its own-label kids smoothies and orange and apple juice cartons, becoming the first supermarket in Ireland to do so. The move will see more than 4.5 million single-use plastic straws removed from Aldi’s 145 […]

5 years ago