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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 straws than any other group in the US. Straws are used in national parks, federal buildings and embassies, among other places.
This week, President Donald Trump reversed course on a Biden administration environmental initiative that had eliminated single-use plastics like straws in federal buildings. The common alternative: paper straws.
“We’re going back to plastic straws.
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