Plastic Back, an Israeli startup specializing in low-temperature chemical recycling, is working with an undisclosed recycler based in Connecticut to address hard-to-recycle plastics. According to ...

Donald Trump has signed an executive order to bring back plastic straws because their paper counterparts "explode." "It's a ridiculous situation. We're going back to plastic straws," Trump told ...

The move would run counter to a Biden administration push to cut back on single-use plastic, which was considered a milestone. By Hiroko Tabuchi President Trump said on Friday that he would stop a ...

President Trump is leaving no stone unturned in his avalanche of executive orders, and today he turned his attention to plastic straws. “I will be signing an Executive Order next week ending the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he is banning federal use of paper straws, saying they "don't work" and don't last very long. Instead he wants the government to exclusively move ...

A decade ago, a video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril went viral, spurring a wave of activism aimed at curtailing plastic pollution. The disposable plastic straw became the ...

When US President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to return to plastic straws, claiming the paper version is ineffective and "disgustingly dissolves in your mouth," he was widely criticized for ...

President Donald Trump said Friday he would sign an executive order next week to undo a Biden-era plan to phase out plastic straws by 2027. “BACK TO PLASTIC!” Trump wrote on his social media site ...

Donald Trump recently surprised the world again by signing an action to end what he describes as the “forced use” of paper straws. Although there is some merit in the argument the White House presents ...

Plastic Back has partnered with a U.S.-based recycler to scale its innovative low-temperature chemical recycling technology, which converts hard-to-recycle plastics like PVC into valuable byproducts.