Trump Backs Plastic Straws
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'Back to plastic': Trump pushes for plastic straws
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President Trump signs executive order to review federal purchasing policies that restrict plastic straws.
Paper straws take at least 200 years to decompose and pose a threat to turtles and other wildlife as they degrade into microplastics.
Plastic straws have been blamed for polluting oceans and harming marine life, but Trump says it's okay to use them.
The order directs federal agencies to review procurement processes to allow use of plastic straws. “It really is something that affects ordinary Americans in their everyday lives,” Scharf said. ___ Associated Press writer Jennifer McDermott in Providence , Rhode Island , contributed to this story. Matthew Daly , The Associated Press .
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