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'Won't affect a shark': Trump signs order to bring back plastic straws, netizens say 'coke now tastes better'US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday pushing for a return to plastic drinking straws, saying their impact on marin...12 Feb, 2025, 01.47 PM IST- 'Back to plastic': Trump signs order for plastic straws as he declares paper ones 'don't work'President Trump has signed an executive order to ban the use of paper straws by federal agencies, reversing a Biden administration policy a...12 Feb, 2025, 01.46 PM IST
- World must explore solutions to environmental crises without relying on US: ExpertsUS President Donald Trump has reversed restrictions on plastic straws, indicating a broader setback in combating plastic pollution. Experts...11 Feb, 2025, 04.07 PM IST
- 'Back to plastic': Trump pushes for plastic straws as he declares paper ones 'don't work'President Trump signed an executive order to reverse federal restrictions on plastic straws, citing their effectiveness over paper straws. ...11 Feb, 2025, 01.21 PM IST
- 'Back to plastic': Trump to sign new executive order next week to junk eco-friendly paper straws, Elon Musk reactsUS President Donald Trump slammed the environmentally friendly paper straws endorsed by President Biden and announced plans to bring back p...09 Feb, 2025, 09.25 PM IST
- Donald Trump promises to roll back paper straws mandate, calls them 'ridiculous'US President Donald Trump said he is ending the "ridiculous” push for paper straws “which don't work" and moving back to plastic. During th...08 Feb, 2025, 01.57 AM IST
- Choked by the plastic ban, MSME units gasp to find an answerThe ban on some plastic items threatens to force many MSMEs out of business. The first of a two-part series on this issue looks at the ques...10 Sep, 2022, 09.44 AM IST
- Modi’s plastic straw ban leaves Indian consumers thirstyModi’s goal is part of a growing global attempt to eliminate one of the biggest environmental scourges on the planet.21 Jul, 2022, 10.36 AM IST
- ETMarkets Management Talk | Single-use plastic ban could be a big opportunity for Uflex"UFlex-Asepto will be the first company in India to commission a U-shaped paper straw manufacturing facility offering a production capacity...24 Jun, 2022, 10.05 AM IST
- Amul urges PM Modi to delay plastic straw ban, cites impact on dairy farmersAmul made its appeal in a letter reviewed by Reuters, dated May 28, that was sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office ahead of a July ...09 Jun, 2022, 11.45 AM IST
- Plastic ban: Imported paper straws to have cost implications, says packaged food industryArguing that there is no viable alternative at present, industry body Action Alliance for Recycling Beverage Cartons (AARC) and Home-grown ...13 Apr, 2022, 11.45 AM IST
- Drinks firms spooked as Indian govt refuses to exempt some plastic straws from banIndia has rejected demands from large global and domestic beverage firms to exempt some plastic straws from a ban that takes effect on July...08 Apr, 2022, 02.11 PM IST
- India’s efforts for global phase-out of single use plastics at UN Environment Assembly failThe United States was opposed the idea of a time-bound phase out of single-use plastics.14 Mar, 2019, 12.30 PM IST
- Starbucks India dumps plastic in line with global commitmentWhile the change involved an initial cost and impacted the economics a bit, it would be offset over time with volumes, Ghosh said. “We are ...27 Jul, 2018, 11.06 AM IST
- Why do we remain suckers for straws?Starbucks became the biggest organisation so far to announce it will become plastic straw-less, but gives itself till 2020 to do so.10 Jul, 2018, 08.33 AM IST
- Plastic straws suck; pick what’s rye-ghtAncient remains reveal that the Babylonian elite had a predilection for drinking tubes made of lapis lazuli and precious ores but, clearly,...29 May, 2018, 11.13 PM IST
- Plastic straws suck, go back to sippingPubs and other establishments in western countries are being roped in to discourage straw use and Indians should follow suit.01 Oct, 2017, 11.21 PM IST
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