President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to end the federal procurement of paper straws.
The order, which claims that paper straws are “nonfunctional” and says it wants to end the “forced use” of them, immediately undoes part of a Biden-era initiative to eliminate single-use plastics, including straws, in all government operations by 2035. More broadly, Trump instructed White House staff and “relevant agencies” to issue a “national strategy to end the use of paper straws” within 45 days. The strategy would aim to eliminate all executive branch policies “designed to disfavor plastic straws” and address the federal government’s contracts with states and and other entities “that ban or penalize plastic straw purchase or use.”
Ice is frustrating, but I can never think to ask for no ice, because I don’t put it in drinks I make.
I still remember the first time someone I was with ordered take out with no ice in the drink and my mind was blown! I thought it was mandatory since it in effect helps determine how much drink you were sold. 😆 I don’t typically forget, but if they give me ice anyway I just pour my drink out into a glass when I get home. My drink is already wet enough, thank you!