Trump signs executive order on plastic straws

United States President, Donald Trump has signed an executive order ending a US government effort to replace plastic straws with paper.

DAILY POST reports that the order reverses a measure signed by former President Joe Biden, who had called plastic pollution a “crisis”.

Last year, Biden ordered a gradual end to US government buying of plastic straws, as well as plastic cutlery and packaging.

However, speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Trump said: “We’re going back to plastic straws.

“These things don’t work, I have had them many times, and on occasion, they break, they explode. If something’s hot, they don’t last very long, like a matter of minutes, sometimes a matter of seconds.

“It’s a ridiculous situation,” Trump added.

DAILY POST reports that the order takes effect immediately.

Trump had last week said he will restore the use of plastic in the United States.