Washington: The president of the United States, Donald Trump, signed an executive order on Monday that he pushed for a return to the plastic straws to drink, saying that his impact on marine life was limited and that role favored by environmentalists “explodes “
The order of Republican Trump reverses an objective established by his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden to eliminate single -use plastic utensils as straws in government agencies by 2035.
“We will return to the plastic straws,” Trump told reporters while signing the order in the Oval office.
“These things do not work, I have had them many times, and sometimes, they break, explode. If something is hot, they do not last long, as a matter of minutes, sometimes a matter of seconds. It is a ridiculous situation,” he said Trump
Environmentalists have campaigned for a long time for the end of the use of plastic straws and other utensils, saying that they contaminate marine environments in particular.
But Trump, who for a long time has seemed annoying of paper straws, rejected his concerns.
“I don’t think the plastic affects a shark while they are eating, since they make their way through the ocean,” Trump said.
When presenting the document for Trump Firm, the White House Secretary, Will Scharf, said the environmental impact was “completely debatable” and that US consumers were “very dissatisfied with their straws.”
Trump, who has described climate change as a “scam”, has issued a series of orders on the environment since he returned to the White House for a second mandate.
He withdrew from the Paris Climate Change Agreement shortly after its inauguration on January 20 and promised to “pierce, baby, drill” for oil.
