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91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a ridiculous situation. We91裸聊视频檙e going back to plastic straws,91裸聊视频� Trump said as he signed an executive order to reverse federal purchasing policies that encourage paper straws and restrict plastic ones. The order directs federal agencies to stop buying paper straws 91裸聊视频渁nd otherwise ensure that paper straws are no longer provided within agency buildings.91裸聊视频�

The move by Trump 91裸聊视频� who has long railed against paper straws, and whose 2019 reelection campaign for $15 per pack of 10 91裸聊视频� targets a Biden administration policy to including straws, from food service operations, events and packaging by 2027, and from all federal operations by 2035.

Trump declared President Joe Biden91裸聊视频檚 policy 91裸聊视频淒EAD!91裸聊视频� in a social media post over the weekend.

While plastic straws have been blamed for polluting oceans and harming marine life, Trump said Monday that he thinks 91裸聊视频渋t91裸聊视频檚 OK91裸聊视频� to continue using them. 91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 think that plastic is going to affect the shark very much as they91裸聊视频檙e eating, as they91裸聊视频檙e munching their way through the ocean,91裸聊视频� he said at a White House announcement.

Several U.S. states and cities have banned plastic straws, and some restaurants no longer automatically give them to customers. But plastic straws are only a small part of the problem. The environment is littered with single-use plastic food and beverage containers 91裸聊视频� water bottles, takeout containers, coffee lids, shopping bags and more.

Around the world, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic from a range of sources, including plastic bags, toothbrushes, bottles, food packaging and more, experts say. As those materials break down in the environment, microplastics are turning up in the stomachs of fish, birds and other animals, as well as in human blood and tissue.

And plastic manufacturing releases planet-warming greenhouse gases and other dangerous pollutants. More than 90% of plastic products are derived from fossil fuels such as oil and natural gas, and millions of tons of plastic waste enter the world91裸聊视频檚 oceans every year. Many multinational companies have moved away from plastic straws and have made reducing plastic use across their operations central to their sustainability goals, making Trump91裸聊视频檚 decision an outlier in the business world.

Trump91裸聊视频檚 order is 91裸聊视频渕ore about messaging than finding solutions,91裸聊视频� said Christy Leavitt, plastics campaign director for the environmental group Oceana, noting that most U.S. voters support requiring companies to reduce single-use plastic packaging and foodware.

91裸聊视频淧resident Trump is moving in the wrong direction on single-use plastics,91裸聊视频� Leavitt said. 91裸聊视频淭he world is facing a plastic pollution crisis, and we can no longer ignore one of the biggest environmental threats facing our oceans and our planet today.91裸聊视频�

The plastic manufacturing industry applauded Trump91裸聊视频檚 move.

91裸聊视频淪traws are just the beginning,91裸聊视频� Matt Seaholm, president and CEO of the Plastics Industry Association, said in a statement. 91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频楤ack to Plastic91裸聊视频� is a movement we should all get behind.91裸聊视频�

More than 390 million straws are used every day in the United States, mostly for 30 minutes or less, according to advocacy group Turtle Island Restoration Network. Straws take at least 200 years to decompose and pose a threat to turtles and other wildlife as they degrade into microplastics, the group says.

91裸聊视频淭o prevent another sea turtle from becoming a victim to plastic, we must make personal lifestyle alterations to fight for these species,91裸聊视频� the group said in a statement.

Every year, the world produces more than 400 million tons of new plastic. , according to the United Nations.

Globally, nations are creating a treaty to address plastic pollution. Leaders met for a week in South Korea late last year but . Talks resume this year as more than 100 countries pursue a pact that limits plastic production as well as tackles cleanup and recycling.

The U.S., China and Germany are the biggest players in the global plastics trade. U.S. manufacturers have asked Trump to remain at the negotiating table, and to revert to Biden91裸聊视频檚 previous position that focused on redesigning plastic products, recycling and reuse.

White House staff secretary Will Scharf, who presented the executive order to Trump, told him the push for paper straws has cost the government and private industry 91裸聊视频渁n absolute ton of money and left consumers all over the country wildly dissatisfied with their straws. It really is something that affects ordinary Americans in their everyday lives.91裸聊视频�

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Associated Press writer Jennifer McDermott in Providence, Rhode Island, contributed to this story.

Matthew Daly, The Associated Press